Next BT Sport showcase games announced

Fans can watch the clash between UEFA Champions League heavyweights Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid next week on the BT Sport Showcase Freeview channel.

The channel will also broadcast FC Schalke v Sparta Prague in the UEFA Europa League during the same week as the European campaign reaches its third week of the 2015/16 season.

The clash of the titans in Paris will take place on Wednesday, 21 September, which will see Zlatan Ibrahimović and his teammates take on Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale at the Parc des Princes at 19:45.

The following night sees live UEFA Europa League coverage on BT Sport Showcase with German giants FC Schalke hosting Czech Republic league leaders Sparta Prague at 18:00 in Gelsenkirchen on Thursday, 22 October.

Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “Once again football fans with Freeview will be able to watch some of the world’s best football with the big games and the major names in European football battling against each other. Next week’s coverage will show the high quality of the competitions and of BT Sport’s exclusively live coverage to those who are not already BT Sport customers.”

BT Sport is the only place to watch all of the 351 exclusively live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches, and will show at least 12 UEFA Champions League matches and 14 UEFA Europa League ties exclusively live on BT Sport Showcase, where customers can enjoy the action for free.

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Notes to editors

BT Sport Showcase is on Freeview channel 59.