Live action on TNT Sports August and September 2024

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Tue 13th Aug 2024

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Ready for the new football season? Enjoy games from the Premier League and Serie A on TNT Sports this month – plus UFC, cricket, motosport and much more

By Chris Miller, Feature Writer

For football fans, there are few better days in the year than when they turn their calendar over from July to August. That means the new season is imminent, and if that’s you, TNT Sports is with you all the way. As well as the UEFA Super Cup, there are live matches from the Italian league this month… plus, of course, the Premier League, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United among the teams featured in the first TV games of this season.

And there’s plenty more on TNT Sports this month, from motorsport to Test cricket to baseball, basketball and Aussie rules, plus UFC, boxing and WWE. Prepare for another epic month of live sport and many more to come.

Remember, you can follow all the live action on TNT Sports wherever you are in the UK, as long as there’s WiFi, 3G or 4G, thanks to Virgin TV Go. Simply download the free app, which is free to all Virgin TV customers and is compatible with Android, iOS, Windows 10 and PC/Mac. Download the Virgin TV Go app.

Scroll down to discover all of the biggest sporting fixtures on TNT Sports this August and September. And bookmark this page for monthly updates.

Football: Premier League

First up on TNT Sports it’s one of the most intriguing fixtures of the new Premier League season. Ipswich Town were tipped to perform well in the Championship last year after promotion, but they surprised almost everyone by securing automatic promotion at the first attempt. Kieran McKenna instantly became one of the most in-demand coaches in the game, and Ipswich wasted no time in tying him to a new deal. Liverpool, meanwhile, have a new manager for the first time in almost a decade; although they had a great season last year, finishing third, they tailed off towards the end and no one’s quite sure what to expect from them under Arne Slot.

Speaking of new managers, we also get to see the new-look Brighton twice in August, as they face severe early tests against Man Utd and Arsenal. Fabian Hürzeler led Hamburg club St Pauli to promotion last year and comes with a glowing reputation but not much experience. (Possibly because he was born in – yikes! – 1993.) Signings have come from the Dutch, Danish and Swedish leagues, so are they ready to light up the Prem?

Ipswich Town v Liverpool

Saturday 17 August, 11am, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United

Saturday 24 August, 11am, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Saturday 31 August, 11am, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

Football: UEFA Super Cup

Real Madrid conquered Europe for a frankly mind-boggling 15th time last season. Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr were among the leading lights of their campaign… and since then they’ve added French superstar Kylian Mbappé to their ranks. Will he be the catalyst for even greater domestic and international domination? Europa League winners Atalanta will be the first team to find out (post-Euros fitness and form permitting, of course) in the Super Cup, UEFA’s traditional season opener.

The following week, TNT Sports has live action from the final qualifying play-offs as teams strive to reach the Champions League group stage.

UEFA Super Cup: Real Madrid v Atalanta

Wednesday 14 August, 7pm, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

UEFA Champions League: Qualifying Play-offs, 1st Leg

Tuesday 20 August, 7.45pm, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527) + 8pm, TNT Sports 2 HD (CH 528)

UEFA Champions League: Qualifying Play-offs, 1st Leg

Wednesday 21 August, 7.45pm, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527) + 8pm, TNT Sports 2 HD (CH 528) + TNT Sports 3 HD (CH 529) + TNT Sports 4 HD (CH 530)

UEFA Champions League: Qualifying Play-offs, 2nd Leg

Tuesday 27 + Wednesday 28 August, from 7.45pm, TNT Sports

Football: Serie A

Inter ran away with the Serie A title last season, winning by 19 points despite easing up towards the end of the season when they won just one of their last four games – but Simone Inzaghi’s side have proved they know how to win when it counts. This summer they bade farewell to veterans like Juan Cuadrado and Alexis Sanchez, and replaced them with younger stars like Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo and Carlos Augusto from Monza.

The squad is also still packed with with top-level talent like Yann Sommer, Nicolò Barella, Marcus Thuram and captain Lautaro Martínez (pictured), and they should certainly prove too strong for Genoa, mid-table last term, in the season opener. Although i rossoblù did hold them to a draw last time they visited. Follow the Serie A season with live games on TNT Sports throughout 2024/25.

Genoa v Internazionale

Saturday 17 August, 5.15pm, TNT Sports 2 HD (CH 528)

Cagliari v Roma

Sunday 18 August, 7.30pm, TNT Sports 2 HD (CH 528)

Game TBC

Saturday 24 August, 5.15pm, TNT Sports

Game TBC

Sunday 25 August, 7.30pm, TNT Sports

MMA: UFC

Perth, Australia, is the venue for UFC 305, which will see middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis take on two-time former champ Israel Adesanya. It’s the first time two African-born fighters have faced off for a UFC title, and considering the hostility levels seen in the build-up, it’s going to be a spicy one. A flyweight bout between Kai Kara-France and Steve Erceg is on the undercard.

There’s more middleweight action in Vegas the following week when Jared Cannonier meets Caio Borralho in the headline bout, while the next event is led by a welterweight clash between Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady. Then it’s another title fight, in the bantamweight division this time, when Sean O’Malley defends his championship from the challenge of Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306.

UFC 305: Du Plessis v Adesanya

Sunday 18 August, 1am, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier v Borralho

Sunday 25 August, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

UFC Fight Night: Burns v Brady

Sunday 8 September, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

UFC 306: O’Malley v Dvalishvili

Saturday 14 September, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

Boxing

Two south London-born fighters, Battersea’s Denzel Bentley and Peckham’s Derrick Osaze, will face off at York Hall this month with Bentley’s WBO International middleweight title at stake. Bentley is a two-time British champ who in 2022 had a shot at the world title, losing to Janibek Alimkhanuly, and he won the WBO International belt at this venue in May.

Osaze, now based in Nottingham, divides his time between training and ministering to his youth church – hence his nickname “The Punching Preacher” – and he’s anything but forgiving in the ring. It’s live on TNT Sports on 17 August.

Fight Night Live: Bentley v Osaze

Saturday 17 August, 7pm, TNT Sports 1 HD (CH 527)

WWE

The rise of influencer Logan Paul as a WWE Superstar has raised the promotion’s profile to new heights this year – even after the loss of his US Championship at the start of August, after holding it for less than a year. Can he claw it back? Don’t miss any of the SmackDown and Raw action every week on TNT Sports.