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Gavin Quinn

Sky Sports announce live GAA Championship TV schedule as exclusive double bill kicks off summer coverage

Mayo and Kerry fans will be tuning into Sky Sports for their Championship openers later this month as the broadcaster announced their live coverage schedule for the summer.

Sky Sports will broadcast 12 games exclusively, and also show all the latter stages of this year's football and hurling championships.

However, fans looking to watch their counties will require a Sky Sports subscription after the broadcaster moved the host channel from Sky Sports Mix to Sky Sports Arena for this season.

Kicking off with a double helping in Mayo v Sligo and Kerry v Clare on June 26th, Sky Sports will also have exclusive rights to the Leinster hurling semi-finals as well as one of the Ulster football semi-finals.

Grainne McElwain will present their coverage as it heads into its eighth season after first broadcasting live games in 2014 and she'll be joined by a host of renowned pundits.

Kieran Donaghy, Jim McGuinness and Peter Canavan are on board to break down the football, while JJ Delaney, Jamesie O’Connor and Ollie Canning will analyse the hurling action.

Fixtures Exclusively Live on Sky Sports Arena:

26th June

Sligo V Mayo (F) at 4.30pm

Kerry V Clare (F) at 7.00pm

3rd July

Galway V Dublin / Antrim (H) at 2.00pm

Kilkenny V Wexford / Laois (H) at 4.30pm

Limerick V Cork (H) at 7.00pm

10th July

Tyrone V Cavan (F) at 4.30pm

Tipperary V Kerry/Clare (F) at 7.00pm

17th July

Hurling Qualifier Round 1 at 2.00pm

Ulster Semi-Final at 4.30pm

24th July

Hurling Qualifier Round 2 at 2.00pm

Hurling Qualifier Round 2 at 4.30pm

31st July

All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final at 7.00pm

Fixtures Live on Sky Sports Arena:

7th August

All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final at 6.00pm

8th August

All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final at 3.30pm

14th August

All-Ireland Football Semi-Final at 6.00pm

15th August

All-Ireland Football Semi-Final at 3.30pm

22nd August

All-Ireland Hurling Final at 3.30pm

29th August

All-Ireland Football Final at 3.30pm

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