Nine to broadcast International Champions Cup
Nine will broadcast matches between Real Madrid, Roma and Manchester City in July.
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The Nine Network will broadcast the three matches being played in Australia in the International Champions Cup in July.
Nine will deliver Live broadcasts between Real Madrid CF, Manchester City FC and AS Roma, as well as both the Liverpool FC friendly matches being played against A League teams Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United.
The event will feature some of the world’s most famous players including Sergio Agüero (Manchester City FC), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool FC), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid CF), Francesco Totti (AS Roma) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), who was recently crowned “FIFA World Player of the Year”.
Steve Crawley, Nine’s Head of Sport said: “It is an honour for Wide World of Sports to bring some of the biggest names, not just in football, but world sport into the homes of Australians.”
Friday, July 17 – Liverpool FC v Brisbane Roar – Suncorp Stadium
Saturday, July 18 – Real Madrid CF v AS Roma – MCG (International Champions Cup Australia)
Monday, July 20 – Liverpool FC v Adelaide United – Adelaide Oval
Tuesday, July 21 – AS Roma v Manchester City FC – MCG (International Champions Cup Australia)
Friday, July 24 – Manchester City FC v Real Madrid CF – MCG (International Champions Cup Australia)
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11 Responses
Just thought I’d let you know David that the photo you used is actually Manchester United.
Yeah Manchester Utd won the International Champions Cup last year in America. I guess he used the photo to show the trophy.
Last year’s champs so perfectly fine.
For the soccer fans it is hoped that the commentators know that it’s TV not radio, which those non-stop-talkers calling the cricket don’t seem to understand and treat the knowledge of the cricket viewer with no respect
David, will Nine need to figure out the NRL matches on Friday nights during the International Champions Cup?
Not my specialty! But they could use GEM.
Nine will also show the second Ashes cricket test from Lord’s London from July 16 to 20, which overlaps with the first three matches. Friday July 21 is set to be a bumper night with three sports (NRL, cricket, soccer) on the same network.
It is not surprising to hear Nine will show the International Champions Cup given its parent company Nine Entertainment Company brought the tournament to our shores. But to get the two Liverpool matches is a bonus. Liverpool has a huge fanbase in Australia and last year’s friendly against Melbourne Victory at the MCG rated very well on 7mate. This time however it is up against The Ashes and the NRL so audience figures may be lower.
@Johnson & David Knox – Nine will cover 3 sports at the same time (NRL, Ashes, Soccer). I would think that the NEC should put it this way – Nine will screen Association Football, GEM to telecast The Ashes and GO! to telecast the NRL Matches live. WA, VIC, TAS and SA normally has NRL on GEM so this could be a better idea to put the NRL Matches on GO! (the one that they did last year for AFL-based states).
Glad I haven’t disabled the ‘9’ button on the remote yet. With any luck the matches will finish in time to catch most of the Tour de France stages that are on the same nights.
I’m sure it’ll be broadcast in glorious SD with commercials and promos galore.
This is what I’m fearing.