MULTIPLE Cherries are vying for international glory this summer – but where you can watch AFC Bournemouth stars live on TV in the UK?
There are two major continental competitions taking place this summer, with the 2024 Euros in Germany and the Copa America 2024 in the United States.
Ryan Christie has reached his second major tournament with Scotland and will hope to play more than 45 minutes he managed in the 2020 edition of the Euros.
It will also be Illia Zabarnyi’s second Euros, the centre-half playing every minute as Ukraine reached the quarter-finals in 2021.
Defender Milos Kerkez was part of a Hungary side that conceded just seven times in eight qualification games to reach the Euros.
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Whilst Cherries fans will strongly argue that their talismanic striker Dominic Solanke should have been in the England squad, there was meant to be four AFC Bournemouth players representing their countries at this summer’s tournament.
Unfortunately, striker Enes Unal was ruled out of Turkey’s squad with a broken toe at the start of the month, ending his Euros dreams prematurely.
Across the bond there will be two Cherries competing at the Copa America in the United States.
USMNT captain Tyler Adams will hope to lead his country to glory in their own backyard, whilst his former Leeds United teammate Luis Sinisterra will be fighting for Copa America glory with Colombia.
Where to watch Euros group stage games
The first game of the Euros will involve a Cherry, as Christie’s Scotland take on hosts Germany on Friday, June 14 (8pm BST).
ITV1 (Freeview 3, HD 103) will broadcast Scotland’s opener, but the Tartan Army’s remaining Group A games will be shown on the BBC.
After facing Germany, Scotland then play Switzerland on Wednesday, June 19 (8pm BST), on BBC One (Freeview 1, HD 101).
Christie and Scotland’s final group game, against Kerkez and Hungary, will take place on Sunday, June 23 (8pm BST), and will also be shown on BBC One.
Hungary’s first game of Group A will be shown on ITV, the Magyars’ clash with Switzerland to be shown on ITV1 on Saturday, June 15 (2pm BST).
BBC One will show the Hungarians’ second game against Germany on Wednesday, June 19, the 5pm (BST) kick-off setting up a double-header of Cherries in action.
Zabarnyi and Ukraine’s tournament starts on Monday, June 17, with their 2pm (BST) kick-off against Romania to be shown live on BBC One.
The Ukrainians then face their neighbours to the west, Slovakia, on Friday, June 21, with another 2pm (BST) kick-off to be shown on BBC One.
Their final group stage game against Belgium will be staged on Wednesday, June 26 (5pm) and be shown by the BBC, but a specific channel is yet to be selected.
Where to watch Copa America group stage games
In the UK, fans can watch the Copa America action on Premier Sports.
Premier Sports has two pay television sports channels, so you may not necessarily have the two channels as part of your television subscription.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to Premier Sports as an add-on to Amazon Prime.
The competition kicks off later than the Euros, with the United States’ first game against Bolivia on Sunday, June 23 (11pm BST).
Only this match currently has a channel assigned to it, with the game to be shown on Premier Sports 1 (Sky 419, Virgin 551).
It is a similar case for Sinisterra and Colombia, their first match of the tournament currently the only match with a definitive channel.
Colombia’s match with Paraguay on Monday, June 24 (11pm BST) will be shown on Premier Sports 1 in the UK.
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