Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024/25

The wew Sky Sports + service will offer up to 100 events at once

Portsmouth's Kusini Yengi holding the EFL League One winners trophy

Sky Sports plans to broadcast soccer during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season.

As Sky insisted it “takes seriously” the responsibility of minimising disruption for match-going fans, it announced that every game in the opening weekend of the English Football League season would be broadcast live, including those scheduled to start at traditional kick-off times.