Guide to Sport on TV during Christmas

What’s on RTÉ, TV3, Setanta, Sky Sports, & others (Dec 23rd–Dec 29th)


MONDAY (Dec 23rd)

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 7pm
(8.00) Arsenal v Chelsea

DARTS Sky Sports 2, 7pm-11pm
Day 11 PDC World Championship

SOCCER BBC 1, 10.35pm-11.35pm
Highlights Match of the Day 2

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NFL Setanta Ireland from 1.30am
Eurosport 2 from 1.30am
(1.40) Atlanta Falcons @ San Francisco 49ers

WEDNESDAY (Dec 25th)

GOLF Sky Sports 2, 12.30pm-2.30pm
Highlights The Story of the 2013 Solheim Cup

NBA BT Sport 1 from 10pm
LA Miami Heat @ LA Lakers

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 10.30pm
4th Test, D1 Australia v England

THURSDAY (Dec 26th)

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 8.30am
2nd Test, D1 South Africa v India (D1)

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 12.30pm
(12.45) Hull City v Manchester Utd

HORSE RTE 2, 1pm-3.20pm
RACING From Leopardstown

HORSE Channel 4, 1.05pm-3.35pm
RACING Kempton Park & Wetherby

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 2.15pm
(3.00) West Ham Utd v Arsenal
(5.30) Manchester City v Liverpool

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 3pm
(3.00) St Johnstone v Celtic

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 5pm
(5.15) Blackpool v Leeds Utd

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 7.15pm
(7.30) Nottingham Forest v QPR

SOCCER BBC 1, 10.25pm-11.55pm
Setanta Ireland, 10pm-11.15pm
Highlights Match of the Day

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11pm
4th Test, D2 Australia v England

FRIDAY (Dec 27th)

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 8.30am
2nd Test, D2 South Africa v India (D1)

DARTS Sky Sports 1, 12.30pm-4.30pm, 7pm-11pm
London PDC World Championship

HORSE RTE 2, 1pm-3.25pm
RACING From Leopardstown

RUGBY TG4, 6.45pm-9.25pm
(7.15) Munster v Connacht

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 7pm
(7.45) Newcastle Falcons v London Wasps

GAA RTE 2, 7.50pm-8.50pm
2013 The Magic of Hurling

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11pm
4th Test, D3 Australia v England

SATURDAY (Dec 28th)

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 8.30am
2nd Test, D3 South Africa v India

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from noon
(12.45) West Ham Utd v West Brom

DARTS Sky Sports 3, 12.30pm-4.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
London PDC World Championship

HORSE RTE 2, 1pm-3.20pm
RACING From Leopardstown

HORSE Channel 4, 1pm-3.35pm
RACING Chepstow & Newbury

RUGBY Sky Sports 4 from 1.30pm
(2.00) Leeds Carnegie v Nottingham

SOCCER Setanta 1 from 2.30pm
(3.00) Norwich v Manchester Utd

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 3pm
(3.00) Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 5pm
(5.30) Cardiff City v Sunderland

RUGBY RTE 2 from 6.35pm
BBC 2 from 6.25pm
(6.45) Leinster v Ulster

NBA BT Sport 2 from 6pm
(6.00) Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics

GAA TG4, 7.15pm-8.15pm
Repeat League final: Dublin v Tyrone

SOCCER Setanta Ireland, 8.30pm-10pm
BBC 1, 10.30pm-11.50pm
Highlights English Premier League

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11pm
4th Test, D4 Australia v England

SUNDAY (Dec 29th)

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 1.30am-7.30am
Queensland TC Brisbane International

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 8.30am
2nd Test, D4 South Africa v India

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from noon
(12.30) Inverness CT v Celtic

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 12.30pm
(1.30) Newcastle Utd v Arsenal

DARTS Sky Sports 3, 12.30pm-4pm
Sky Sports 1, 7pm-10.30pm
Quarter-finals PDC World Championship

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 1pm
(2.00) London Irish v Gloucester

HORSE RTE 2, 1.15pm-3.35pm
RACING From Leopardstown

RUGBY Setanta from 2pm
(2.00) Stade Francais v Perpignan

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 3.30pm
(4.00) Chelsea v Liverpool

NFL Sky Sports 3 from 5.30pm
Week 17 Matches TBA

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 5.45pm
(6.00) Bayonne v Toulouse
(8.00) Racing Metro v Toulon

GAA RTE 2, 6.30pm-7.30pm
Highlights A Summer in Blue

GAA TG4, 7.15pm-8.15pm
Highlights 2013: Kilkenny v Tipperary

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11pm
4th Test, D4 Australia v England

SOCCER BBC 1, 10.30pm-11.50pm
Highlights Match of the Day 2

SOCCER BBC 1, 11.50pm-1.05am
Highlights Football League Show

NBA BT Sport 1 from midnight
(midnight) Houston Rockets @ Oklahoma City Thunder
(2.30) Philadelphia 76ers @ LA Lakers

NFL Channel 4 from 1.10am
Week 17 Match TBA

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen is Health & Family Editor of The Irish Times