Sport on TV Christmas 2022 & New Year: football, rugby, darts, racing, NFL, NBA

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published 24 December 2022

It is the season of good cheer and there will be plenty of cheering for sports fans this Christmas and New Year.

In a packed programme of sporting events to watch on TV, as ever, football provides the centrepiece of the festive offering with the English Premier League resuming after taking a break for the World Cup. Starting back on Boxing Day, Premier League matches continue throughout the holiday season. There’s also Scottish Premiership and English Football League action.

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There will be seven fixtures on the traditional Boxing Day football feast. Brentford host London rivals Tottenham in the lunchtime game at 12.30pm, followed by four 3pm fixtures. Then in the evening Aston Villa take on Liverpool at 5.30pm and Arsenal play West Ham at 8pm. All games in matchweek 17 will be shown live on Amazon Prime Video. Premier League matchweeks 18 and 19 will then see fixtures continue throughout the Christmas and New Year period, with selected games chosen for live coverage on Sky Sports and BT Sport.

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Mike Starling is the former digital features editor at The Week. He started his career in 2001 in Gloucestershire as a sports reporter and sub-editor and has held various roles as a writer and editor at news, travel and B2B publications. He has spoken at a number of sports business conferences and also worked as a consultant creating sports travel content for tourism boards. International experience includes spells living and working in Dubai, UAE; Brisbane, Australia; and Beirut, Lebanon.