CBS announce Champions League and Europa League plans

CBS Sports today announced details of its multi-platform coverage of the 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League Group Stages, with every match streaming on Paramount+ and select matches available on CBS Sports linear channels. Paramount+ will also provide coverage for select UEFA Youth League Group Stage matches featuring the top future stars of the game.

For all UEFA Champions League Group Stage match days, beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 14 and Wednesday, Sept. 15, CBS Sports will provide eight hours of live coverage across its platforms.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TODAY, CBS Sports’ live pre-match, halftime and post-match studio show, will feature host Kate Abdo alongside analysts Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, Peter Schmeichel and Alex Scott in studio, and joined by Guillem Balagué, Jules Breach and Jenny Chiu reporting on-site throughout the season.

Clive Tyldesley and Peter Drury will serve as play-by-play announcers for CBS Sports’ UEFA Champions League coverage. Drury will team with match analyst Jim Beglin, while Tyldesley will partner with analyst Rob Green.

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Nico Cantor will once again host “The Golazo Show,” a live whip-around program airing on CBS Sports Network and Paramount+ when six matches are being played simultaneously during UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League match days. “The Golazo Show” will also feature a rotation of analysts throughout the season.

CBS Sports HQ will begin CBS Sports’ eight hours of live matchday coverage for the UEFA Champions League Group Stage with a pre-match show and end with a post-match show. Analysts Jimmy Conrad, Luis Garcia and Ian Joy will lead CBS Sports HQ’s coverage, along with contributors including Jonathan Johnson, Fabrizio Romano and Christina Unkel, and anchor Poppy Miller.

Additionally, CBS Sports Network will re-air an encore match on each UEFA Champions League match day, followed by a re-air of the post-match show.