Major League Baseball, the battle for promotion from the EFL Championship, thrills and spills from Major League Soccer and bone-crunching action from the National Rugby League will feature on ESPN and ESPN 2 from Friday 26 April to Thursday 2 May 2024.
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The first live action on ESPN arrives on the evening of Friday 26 April, as the Detroit Tigers battle the Kansas City Royals in Major League Baseball (MLB) (19:10 LIVE on ESPN), while Saturday 27 April sees a switch of focus to football, with Queens Park Rangers facing Leeds United in the EFL Championship (16:00 LIVE on ESPN), before a Major League Soccer (MLS) match pitting Austin FC against LA Galaxy (19:30 LIVE on ESPN).
The MLS continues on the morning of Sunday 28 April, with Inter Miami visiting the New England Revolution (01:30 LIVE on ESPN) and LAFC hosting the Portland Timbers (04:30 LIVE on ESPN), while the afternoon of the same day features back-to-back games from the Dutch Eredivisie, with NEC Bred and Sparta Rotterdam hosting AZ Alkmaar and FC Voldendam respectively (12:15 and 14:30 LIVE on ESPN).
The midweek of Tuesday 30 April features a catch-up match from the EFL Championship, as Coventry City play host to Ipswich Town (21:00 LIVE on ESPN). Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna is keen to lead the team to back-to-back promotions.
"It’s been an incredible couple of seasons that we’ve been a part of,” said McKenna. “There have been so many records broken over the last couple of years and we have been a part of that story.
“It needed a high 90s points total to get promoted last year and that was a record for League One. Now we find ourselves in a similar promotion battle in the Championship and anyone with a knowledge of this league will know that the teams we are competing with are as strong as we have seen in this division, possibly ever."
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Bruising action from the National Rugby League (NRL) opens the live offerings on ESPN 2 this week, with the Sea Eagles battling the Eels on midday on Friday 26 April (12:00 LIVE on ESPN 2), while the morning of Saturday 27 April brings another battle between the Wests Tigers and the Broncos (09:30 LIVE on ESPN 2).
Saturday afternoon and evening features football from the Belgian Pro League, with KV Mechelen hosting OH Leuven (16:00 LIVE on ESPN 2), before KVC Westerlo visit KAA Gent (20:45 LIVE on ESPN 2).
The morning of Sunday 28 April features another NRL clash, as the Raiders and the Sharks go to war (08:05 LIVE on ESPN 2), while the evening brings the pinging sound of bat on ball for the New York Mets facing the St Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball (MLB) (19:40 LIVE on ESPN 2).
The midweek of Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 May brings more MLB action, with the Chicago White Sox hosting the Minnesota Twins (20:10 LIVE on ESPN 2) and the San Francisco Giants visiting the Boston Red Sox (19:35 LIVE on ESPN 2).
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Friday 26 April
19:10: MLB, Detroit Tigers v Kansas City Royals – LIVE on ESPN
Saturday 27 April
16:00: EFL Championship, Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United – LIVE on ESPN
19:30: MLS, Austin FC v LA Galaxy – LIVE on ESPN
Sunday 28 April
01:30: MLS, New England Revolution v Inter Miami – LIVE on ESPN
04:30: MLS, LAFC v Portland Timbers – LIVE on ESPN
12:15: Eredivisie, NEC Breda v AZ Alkmaar – LIVE on ESPN
14:30: Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam v FC Volendam – LIVE on ESPN
Tuesday 30 April
21:00: EFL Championship, Coventry City v Ipswich Town – LIVE on ESPN
ESPN 2 selected broadcast highlights
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Friday 26 April
12:00: NRL, Sea Eagles v Eels – LIVE on ESPN 2
Saturday 27 April
09:30: NRL, Wests Tigers v Broncos – LIVE on ESPN 2
16:00: Belgian Pro League, KV Mechelen v OH Leuven – LIVE on ESPN 2
20:45: Belgian Pro League, KAA Gent v KVC Westerlo – LIVE on ESPN 2
Sunday 28 April
08:05: NRL, Raiders v Sharks – LIVE on ESPN 2
19:40: MLB, New York Mets v St Louis Cardinals – LIVE on ESPN 2
Wednesday 1 May
20:10: MLB, Chicago White Sox v Minnesota Twins – LIVE on ESPN 2
Thursday 2 May
19:35: MLB, Boston Red Sox v San Francisco Giants – LIVE on ESPN 2