Some FA Cup games to stay on BBC in boost for free-to-air sport May 14, 2024 The BBC has retained live TV rights to the FA Cup after agreeing a new four-year partnership with the competition’s main broadcaster TNT Sports. From 2025-26 it will show 14 live games a year – two per round until the quarter-finals, plus one semi-final and the final – as well as highlights. The deal is [...]
Magic for Manchester United as they beat Tottenham Hotspur to win Women’s FA Cup May 12, 2024 Manchester United boss Mark Skinner rejoiced at being caught up in the “magical” Wembley feeling as his side beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup and claim their first ever major trophy. With a new team guaranteed to be etched onto the FA Cup yesterday in the capital Ella Toone netted on [...]
27 clubs petition Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to protect FA Cup replays May 1, 2024 Giant-killers Maidstone and former Premier League sides Bolton and Swindon are among the signatories.
Champions Cup final could be bumped from ITV1 to make room for FA Cup April 23, 2024 Broadcaster ITV is facing a scheduling conundrum next month with the FA Cup final and the Champions Cup rugby final set to take place on the same day at the same time. Due to the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City being one requiring heightened security, the kick-off was moved to 3pm. But the [...]
‘It’s a toenail’: Coventry fume as VAR denies FA Cup heroics against Manchester United April 21, 2024 If Sir Jim Ratcliffe thought that running the London Marathon at 71 was to be his toughest ordeal on Sunday, his Manchester United team gave him second thoughts.
Scrapping FA Cup replays the next step on football’s depressing modern march April 19, 2024 Rule changes will rob football fans of the only thing that really matters: memories.