Upcoming fixtures
TNT Sports holds the exclusive UK rights to every UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League match through the 2026-27 season. There is no other UK broadcaster, no over-the-air carriage, no streaming alternative. A UK fan who wants to watch UCL has exactly one route: a TNT Sports subscription, accessed via Discovery+, a BT/EE broadband bundle, or as a Sky channel add-on.
TNT Sports — the only UK home
TNT Sports has held UEFA club competition rights since 2015 (under the BT Sport branding for most of that period; rebranded to TNT Sports in 2023 after the Warner Bros. Discovery / BT joint venture). Coverage is comprehensive: every league-phase match, every knockout match, every quarter-final, semi-final, and the final itself. UK English commentary, full studio coverage with the Steven Bartlett / Rio Ferdinand / Owen Hargreaves / Joe Cole / Robbie Savage rotating panel.
How to subscribe in 2026
| Route | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery+ Premium | £30.99/mo | TNT Sports’ four channels plus Discovery+ entertainment library, streaming only, no contract |
| BT/EE broadband bundle | Varies | TNT Sports included with qualifying BT/EE packages |
| Sky channel add-on | Varies (typically £18-30/mo on top of Sky TV) | TNT Sports on Sky |
| Virgin Media TV add-on | Varies | TNT Sports on Virgin |
| EE Mobile (3-month free trial periodically) | £0 for the trial | Some EE mobile deals include TNT Sports |
The standalone path with no other commitment is Discovery+ Premium at £30.99/mo. This works on Discovery+’s app on Smart TVs, mobiles, browsers, and consoles.
What’s carried, what’s not
TNT Sports carries:
- Every UCL group/league-phase match
- Every UCL knockout match
- The UCL Final
- Every UEFA Europa League match
- Every UEFA Europa Conference League match
- The UEFA Super Cup
- The UEFA Women’s Champions League (selected matches; DAZN has the bulk free)
- UEFA youth-tier competitions (selectively)
TNT does not hold the rights to the Premier League fully (it has 52 PL matches — see our Premier League UK guide), domestic FA Cup matches (those are on BBC and ITV), or any of the EFL competitions.
The UCL Final
The Champions League Final airs on TNT Sports’ main channel in the UK. It is not broadcast free-to-air in the UK — there is no UK equivalent to CBS’s broadcast of the final in the US. To watch the UCL Final live in the UK, you need TNT Sports.
Cross-competition viewing
A TNT Sports subscription gives you every match of every UEFA club competition. For UK fans who follow English clubs in Europe, this is the only practical subscription. A combined “watch your team in Europe” package looks like:
- TNT Sports (£30.99/mo via Discovery+) — every European match
- Sky Sports via NOW (£26/mo) — most Premier League matches
- Amazon Prime (£8.99/mo) — Premier League midweek and Boxing Day rounds
Total ~£66/mo for comprehensive English-football-in-Europe coverage during the European weeks.
Cross-reference: our Premier League UK guide covers domestic top-flight coverage. US readers — UCL in the US is on Paramount+; see our US guide. For wider football references our editors point readers to Footybite and Totalsportek.
Frequently asked
Is the Champions League free-to-air anywhere in the UK? No. ITV briefly carried selected UCL matches in past cycles but the current cycle is TNT-exclusive across both English-language and Welsh-language coverage.
Can I watch on TNT Sports website without Discovery+? The standalone TNT Sports website previously sold subscriptions directly; the standard route in 2026 is via Discovery+ Premium for streaming or via BT/EE/Sky/Virgin for TV.
What about Welsh-language coverage? S4C holds Welsh-language rights to selected matches involving Welsh clubs and the Welsh national team in qualifying competitions, but does not carry the UCL itself.
See also
For readers arriving via a stream2watch search: see our mystream2watch explainer and Stream2Watch alternatives — both pages explain what the old site was, why it’s gone, and the legal broadcaster map for the UK, US, and Germany.