Stan Sport expands into football with UEFA Champions League rights

Zanda Wilson

June 28, 2021 9:35

Stan Sport has added a third sport to its content slate, announcing a multi-year partnership with football’s Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to broadcast the Champions League and associated competitions.

Nine’s streaming video on demand (SVOD) service launched in February with the Super Rugby, and has since broadcast grand slam tennis tournaments Roland Garros, with Wimbledon to begin today.

Now Australian football fans wanting to stream tournaments including the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, as well as the Europa Conference League – a new third-tier European club competition, will need to sign up to Stan Sport, via a Stan subscription.

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Zanda Wilson

Zanda Wilson was a reporter and podcast producer at Mumbrella, specialising in radio reporting. He left Mumbrella in September 2021.