B/R Live & TNT to Present 2018 UEFA Champions League Playoffs Starting Tuesday, Aug. 21 & Wednesday, Aug. 22

B/R Football’s Pre-Match, Halftime & Post-Match Coverage on B/R Live & TNT to Utilize Two Fully-Integrated Studios from Atlanta & Los Angeles

Former UEFA Champions League winner Owen Hargreaves, Barclays Premier League veteran Joleon Lescott & Former USMNT Captain Carlos Bocanegra to serve as Guest Studio Analysts

Turner’s multi-platform coverage of the UEFA Champions League continues with the first leg of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Playoffs on Aug. 21 and 22, with live match coverage available through B/R Live and TNT at 3 p.m. ET.  B/R Football Matchday will preview the action each day at 2 p.m., with studio coverage also including B/R Football Halftime and B/R Football Postmatch shows available on B/R Live and TNT.

Kate Abdo will host B/R Football’s UEFA Champions League Playoffs studio coverage from Turner Studios in Atlanta alongside guest analysts Joleon Lescott (Tuesday) and Owen Hargreaves (Wednesday) – both veteran English footballers – and Carlos Bocanegra (Tuesday), a former USMNT team captain and two-time MLS Defender of the Year. Tim Howard will once again serve as a studio analyst on Wednesday, while Fernando Perez will be an onsite contributor on both days. Stuart Holden will serve as host/analyst for B/R Football’s studio coverage originating from Los Angeles, alongside analyst Steve Nash.

A schedule of B/R Football UEFA Champions League Playoffs matches is below (all matches begin at 3 p.m. ET on B/R Live):

Tuesday, Aug. 21

Sport Lisboa Benfica (Portugal) vs. PAOK FC (Greece) – TNT

FC BATE Borisov (Belarus) vs. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

FK Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) vs. FC Salzburg (Austria)

Wednesday, Aug. 22

AFC Ajax (Netherlands) vs. FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – TNT

Vidi FC (Hungary) vs. AEK Athens FC (Greece)

BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. GNK Dinamo (Croatia)

Turner holds the exclusive English-language multimedia rights for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches in the United States. Per the agreement, B/R Live will provide direct access for fans to subscribe and watch more than 340 matches on an individual ($2.99), monthly ($9.99) or annual ($79.99) basis.  B/R Live is available at https://live.bleacherreport.com; by downloading the B/R Live app through iTunes or Google Play; and/or via Apple TV, the Roku platform and Amazon Fire TV.

Click here for additional UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League programming information. Additional scheduling details will be announced leading up to the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.

About Turner Sports

Turner Sports, a division of Turner, is an industry leader in the delivery of premium sports content across all multimedia screens. Turner Sports’ television coverage includes the NBA, Major League Baseball, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, ELEAGUE and professional golf, along with the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.  The company also manages some of the most popular sports destinations across digital and social platforms including Bleacher Report and its top-rated app, NCAA.com and the critically-acclaimed NCAA March Madness Live suite of products, PGA.com and the Sports Emmy Award-winning PGA Championship LIVE, as well as an accompanying collection of mobile sites and connected device apps.  Turner Sports and the NBA jointly manage NBA Digital, a robust collection of offerings including NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, the NBA App and NBAGLEAGUE.com. Turner Sports recently launched B/R Live, a premium live streaming sports platform that serves as the central hub for both the discovery and consumption of live sports content. The new streaming service allows fans to find and watch their favorite sports content anywhere, anytime and on the screen of their choice.

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