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Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
How to watch Champions League final on Discovery+ (it's free)
You can watch the 2025 Champions League final live on Discovery Plus, streaming for free, on May 31, 2025. The free stream includes pre-game build-up, English commentary and every goal as Inter vs PSG grips football fans around the world. The U.K. platform will stream the big game live from Munich. But how can you watch the Champions League final free from anywhere? Can you get the free Discovery Plus stream in Canada and the U.S. too? And what phones is the app available on? Here's our full (and quick) guide to how to watch Champions League final free on Discovery... TNT Sports and Discovery Plus have teamed up to broadcast the Champions League Final for free. You don't even need a Discovery+ subscription to watch Inter vs PSG. New to Discovery Plus? Register for a free account or download the app on your mobile device. OUTSIDE THE U.K.? ACCESS DISCOVERY PLUS FROM ANYWHERE WITH A VPN. We signed up to check it out and it works perfectly. Although Discovery Plus is available in seven countries around the world, it's only broadcasting the Champions League Final for free in U.K.. Soccer lovers traveling or working outside the U.K. will need to use a VPN to access Discovery's free Champions League stream in the U.S. and Canada. There are lots of VPNs but NordVPN is the one you can rely on to unblock Discovery+ and stream Inter vs PSG like a pro — plus you can save 70%. Looking to access Discovery+ from outside the United Kingdom? If you're traveling abroad, use NordVPN to access Discovery+ as if you were back home in the U.K.. We test all the providers and we rate Nord as the best VPN. There's 24/7 support available, a money-back guarantee and, best of all, there's currently over 70% off with this deal. Save 70% off with this NordVPN deal It's really easy to use a VPN to watch the Champions League final on Discovery Plus. 1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite. 2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance, if you want to watch the free Champions League stream on Discovery+, choose 'United Kingdom' from the list. 3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to Discovery Plus, sign in, and watch the Champions League final on Discovery for free. Discovery Plus is broadcasting the Champions League final live from 6 p.m. BST / 1 p.m. ET, with expert analysis from Karen Carney, Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves. The whole match will be live on TNT Sports 1 and available to watch at home or on the go for free on Discovery Plus as Inter take on PSG in Munich. Your commentary team will be Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist, with Jules Breach the roving reporter. Reshmin Chowdhury and Laura Woods are the anchors. Expect action replays galore, highlights and a full aftershow replay. You can use Discovery Plus with a range of devices: Android phones and tablets (with Android OS 5 and newer) Apple iPhones and iPads (with iOS 15 and newer) Chrome (version 51 and newer) Firefox (version 47 and newer) Safari (version 12.1.2 and newer) Apple TV (with tvOS 15 and newer, including Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD) Amazon Fire TV (with Fire OS 5 and newer, including Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Stick and Smart TVs with Fire TV built-in) Android TV (with Android TV OS 5 and newer, including Sony Bravia XR, OLED, LED, Stream TV, TCL Model 3 Series, and TiVo Stream 4K) Chromecast (including Chromecast 2nd and 3rd generation, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast Ultra, and Chromecast with Google TV) LG Smart TV (with webOS 4 or higher) Roku (including Roku 2, Roku 3, Roku Express, Roku Express+, Roku Premiere, Roku Premiere+ , Roku Streaming Stick, Roku Streaming Stick+ and Roku Streambar) Samsung TV (2017 models and newer) PlayStation (4 and 5) Xbox (One and Xbox Series X|S) Note that mobile web is not supported — download the Discovery+ app on your phone or tablet (iOS/Android). TNT Sports and Discovery Plus have teamed up before for the UEFA Finals and there have been no major complaints about the streaming quality in the past, while the coverage features former European football heavyweights Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves and Karen Carney. Discovery says you can "stream select events in 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos (with a compatible device)" but don't expect that from the free Champions League stream. As of 2025, the platform says it has "over 122 million subscribers" globally, which certainly sounds worthy of this season's Champions League final. For the smoothest streaming experience, Discovery says "you need a minimum download speed of 5Mbps and at least 20 Mbps for 4K content." We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
Time Out
3 days ago
- Sport
- Time Out
How to watch the Champions League Final 2025 on TV, including channel, kick off time, streaming and predictions
Sadly no British clubs made it to this year's Champions League final, with Celtic going out in the knockout phase playoffs and English clubs Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool all being beaten in the knockout stages by French domestic champions PSG. The Paris club will face Inter Milan in the final this weekend Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale Milano (PSG and Inter, for short) will battle to be named the champions of Europe at Munich's Allianz Arena on Saturday May 31 2025. And it's all set up to be a classic, with both teams having beaten the continent's biggest names to get to this point. Based in the UK and don't want to miss out on any of the action? Here's what you need to know about watching PSG v Inter in the 2025 Champions League final. Date and kick-off time The match will take place on Saturday May 31 2025 at Munich's Allianz Arena. Kick-off is at 9pm local time – which is 8pm here in the UK. What TV channel is the Champions League Final on? The game will be shown on TNT Sports 1. Unlike previous games in the 2025 Champions League, the game will not be shown on Amazon Prime. And unlike previous finals, TNT will not be broadcasting the game on YouTube. You can also sign up for TNT Sports through Discovery+. What time does TV coverage start? Coverage on TNT starts at 6pm BST. Who are the pundits? The pundits will include Karen Carney, Owen Hargreaves, and Rio Ferdinand – with the game being the latter's final game as a TNT pundit. The commentators will be Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist. How to watch online and streaming Both TNT and Discovery+ have streaming options. Predictions and odds At time of writing, the odds are pretty close. According to OddsChecker, PSG are 11/17 to win the trophy, while Inter are 13/10.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
WSL in advanced talks over historic deal for all players in top two tiers to join PFA
The Women's Super League is in advanced discussions with the Professional Footballers' Association over providing a funding deal that would enable all players in the top two divisions to join the union for the first time. Under the existing arrangements the PFA does not receive any financial backing for the women's game, with players in the WSL 2 – previously the Championship – unable to use its services, leaving many without access to healthcare and medical insurance despite being paid pro rata salaries far below the national minimum wage. Advertisement Related: Mary Earps stuns England teammates by retiring from international football Talks between WSL Football and the PFA are understood to have accelerated after Blackburn's decision this month to withdraw from WSL 2 – as first revealed by the Guardian – which has left their players feeling anxious and angry. The Guardian has been told many of them were paid as little as £11,000 a year by Blackburn as they were employed on part-time contracts with the PFA stepping in to provide financial assistance despite not having any formal obligation to do so. The PFA has approximately 250 female members, with some of the funding the union receives from the Premier League, English Football League and Football Association diverted to provide them with some basic services. Players in the WSL 2 have been ineligible to join the PFA, however, as the union lacks the resources to support them. WSL Football, the company responsible for running the top two tiers of the women's game, is understood to have reached an agreement in principle with the PFA to provide a funding package that is expected to be signed in the next few weeks. Both parties are confident that all WSL 2 players will be PFA members by the start of next season, the first in which all clubs in the top two divisions will be fully professional. Advertisement The Premier League pays around £25m a year to fund the PFA, which has more than 5,000 male members, and the WSL deal will be far smaller. However, as well as expanding the membership the PFA will use the money to offer female-specific services for the first time, particularly in areas such as rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, and medical research. Funding comprehensive union representation for players in both tiers was one of the key recommendations of the Raising the Bar Review, the government-commissioned independent review of women's football chaired by Karen Carney, which was published in 2023. The Carney Review also called for an improvement in the minimum standards criteria demanded by the WSL of all clubs in the top two divisions, including increased training time, the introduction of a minimum salary and the provision of a 'gold standard' in physical and mental health services to all players. WSL Football has moved to implement these higher minimum standards from next season, although the increased costs involved have proved too much for some clubs, with Blackburn deciding to withdraw from WSL 2. While a source at one WSL 2 club said the new standards 'are not particularly onerous', and most clubs at that level budget for losses of between £750,000 and £1m each year. Blackburn's owner, Venkys London Ltd, decided the cost was too high 12 months after Reading also withdrew from the second tier on financial grounds. Wolves also angered their players by not formally applying for promotion from the third tier. Advertisement Blackburn's departure leaves the WSL one club short for next season at the moment but the National League North side Burnley announced last week that they will be going fully professional next season and that they have applied to replace their Lancashire neighbours. Another option would be for the bottom club, Sheffield United, to be spared relegation despite winning only one Championship match last season. The club committed to staying full-time with fully professional players after relegation and plan to play all their home games at Bramall Lane regardless of which division they are in. While WSL Football will make recommendations the final decision rests with the FA Board, which in the past has opted to give clubs reprieves from relegation. Lewes were given the option to stay in the second tier following Reading's late withdrawal last summer, but had already released players and gone part-time following relegation so the Championship was reduced to 11 clubs. WSL Football and the PFA declined to comment.
Telegraph
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Karen Carney interview: I treat punditry for men's and women's football exactly the same
'It's long overdue,' says Karen Carney, reflecting with pride on her part in history and yet some disappointment that the soaring popularity of women's football has not been translated into another English Champions League winner. Carney was one of the creative sparks for a trailblazing Arsenal team in 2007 that, even in the context of her own gilded career, she still regards as unique. 'I've never played in a team like it since… with such mental grit and determination,' she says. 'When I joined, I didn't realise how important that Champions League was to that group. They had been building towards it for so long. It may sound really arrogant but…we were just so good. There were egos in that team but, when you crossed the line, everyone did what they had to do. I've never seen a group conform to want to win as much. Sometimes egos seem a negative thing, but it was big, big characters and you had each other's backs.' Few doubt that similar resilience and determination will be needed when a new Arsenal generation seeks to emulate that feat against the mighty Barcelona in Lisbon on Saturday. Barcelona's women are going for a fourth European title in five years but Carney, who was part of a Birmingham City team that shocked Chelsea in the 2012 Women's FA Cup final, believes that an upset is possible. On the day we met, she had been watching videos of rare recent Barcelona defeats – against Real Madrid and Manchester City – and is now better known to a younger generation of football fans as a pundit across both women's and men's football. Carney's preparation for each match spans multiple days and, after Saturday, she will switch her focus to the men's Champions League final for which she will also be working as a TNT Sports pundit. 'I love it: preparation is my favourite part… when I can sit at home, no one bothering me, and watch all the games back,' she says. 'I try to use as many clips as possible – I'm a visual learner so it's easier for me to explain. I watch a lot of the games with no sound on so I can concentrate on myself and what I see. I'm confident in what I see and believe in.' So is there any difference in preparing to analyse women's and men's football, perhaps in terms of some of the decisive trends and nuances? 'It's go and look at all the teams; research them,' she says. 'I see football as football. How are you going to win a game? Who are the match-winners? Who is going to be the difference? What's the form going into it? Tactically look at the shape and the systems. I wouldn't even know the difference half the time when I'm watching the games. My preparation does not change.' Carney's fascination with football's endless intricacies is obvious, but she actually became a pundit inadvertently after deciding that watching more matches, and studying opponents, could give her an edge. 'I started doing the punditry mainly to prolong my career as a footballer,' she says. 'Then I got into it, got the opportunity and I was like, 'I'll keep working hard and try and get better and better and better'. I enjoy it. It's a joy.' So how does she compare this Arsenal team to the pioneering group that triumphed in 2007 and also included Kelly Smith, Rachel Yankey, Alex Scott, Anita Asante, Lianne Sanderson and Faye White. 'Vic [Akers, the women's manager and long-time Arsenal men's kitman] drilled it into us about the Arsenal way, what it meant to play for the football club, what it meant to wear the badge, and respect for the football club,' says Carney. 'You didn't want to let them down. Vic was unbelievable – he was Mr Arsenal; sat next to Arsène Wenger at every match. He really tried to integrate the men's and women's teams to make it one football club. 'It was a special time. The team, personality and calibre of players were phenomenal. Obviously now it is more professional given the resources and given the recovery strategies – we didn't have that. But I do believe if that team had the resources, it would still have achieved what it had. It had everything you would want – strength, power, physicality, technical ability, the world's best players. The game has moved on and we want that… and we want it to keep going and going.' To that end, Carney led a government review into women's football in 2023 that made 10 recommendations. She is upbeat about the progress but singles out minimum standards – in training facilities, medical support, salaries, parental packages, union representation – as of utmost importance. 'Without those minimum standards, we can't become the force that we want to be – we are going to that place and it is growing,' she says. 'I've been involved in meetings and conversations, everyone is really pulling in the right direction. We have got a massive summer coming up with the Euros. The world will be watching women's football – and we have to be ready that everything is moving in the right direction for that jump.' Another English Champions League triumph would of course also only widen that platform. 'We were massively the underdogs [in 2007] – we had so much lady luck,' she says. 'You need a bit of luck, you need a good game plan. Barcelona will be favourites… they have got every element. But you only have to play them once. Sometimes you have to defend, be compact, do the things you don't want to do. It's been 18 years – I think it's long overdue given our league is so strong, given how well our national team has been doing. It would be great for an English club to win it – amazing for the game.'
Wales Online
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Tourists and Welsh football fans can get 50% off hotels in this stunning country this summer
Tourists and Welsh football fans can get 50% off hotels in this stunning country this summer It's perfect for Welsh travellers who have a special reason to visit Switzerland this summer A panoramic view of Zurich from Uetliberg (Image: 2014STANLEYCHEN ) If you're looking for a smart way to book a trip this summer there are some great deals around at the moment. Right now, anyone wanting to travel to Switzerland for UEFA Women's EURO can receive 50% of their accommodation back as credits back for a limited period of time if they are booking their trip through the travel site by applying a special code. It's perfect for anyone looking to watch Wales play, as the offer will apply from July 1-July 28. Wales will be playing against the Netherlands on Saturday, July 5, and against France on Wednesday July 9 in They are also scheduled to play against England on Sunday, July 13 in The site is the official accommodation partner of UEFA Women's EURO 2025, and has announced that people will get some credits back on hotel rooms, homes and apartments in Switzerland, with the aim of helping more people to enjoy the game live, at this year's tournament. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here Wales fans and other travellers wanting to head there for the event can apply the special promo code FOOTY50 when reserving accommodation to bag the deal. The offer also comes as research reveals that 79% of fans would love to follow their team to Switzerland this year, but despite the strong appetite for the game, most (77%) have never seen their side play live in an international tournament, citing cost of travelling to tournaments as the biggest barrier (34%), followed by lack of time (20%) and family commitments (13%). To help turn dreams into a reality, has teamed up with former Lioness and football pundit Karen Carney with the first-of-its-kind offer, designed to get more fans to the game. The research also reveals that the love of the game is going beyond the stands, and influencing more people to travel. One in three (36%) say they'd like to travel more for their passions, with sport ranking highly (52%), followed by film (35%) and art (34%). Nearly three in ten (28%) would also happily plan a whole holiday around a sporting match, while a quarter (25%) have added a live game abroad, on their travel bucket list. But it's not just 'typical' football fans looking to attend - two fifths (40%) of women saying they'd take their children to a Women's EURO match and many fans saying they'd be happy to go to a game solo. According to data, searches by travellers from the UK to host cities have jumped by 3,859% in Zurich and 49,336% in St Gallen. Ryan Pearson, Regional Manager, UK at added: 'As the official accommodation partner of UEFA Women's EURO 2025, we are proud to help more people experience the tournament live- many for the first time. 'Our research shows the passion for the game, but that sometimes other commitments and costs can get in the way. 'Today we have launched 50% back on accommodation in Switzerland this July - perfect for those who have never experienced an international game - while also ensuring they can enjoy another well-earned break this year.' Article continues below You can find the full terms and conditions here.
