UEFA Champions League 2025-26 LIVE: Find all kick-off times, official TV channels, and live streaming platforms for the UEFA Champions League across the USA, India, UK, Canada, Australia, and worldwide for the entire 2025-26 tournament.
UEFA Champions League 2025-26 (Live Streaming): When & Where to Watch Online, TV Channel
The 2025-26 UEFA Champions League season has begun with a thrilling new 36-team league phase format. As the tournament nears its peak, fans around the world are keen to follow every moment of the action.
There will be a major format change for the 2025–2026 season. Each of the 36 eligible teams plays eight games (four at home and four away) in a single league phase. The top eight teams at the end of this phase qualify directly for the Round of 16. Teams finishing 9th through 24th enter a knockout play-off round for the remaining eight spots in the last 16.
Current Status: The final matchday of the league phase is scheduled for today, January 29, 2026. All matches today kick off at 1:30 AM IST (8:00 PM GMT, 9:00 PM CET on Jan 28).
Knockout Stages: Following the league phase, the knockout play-offs begin in February, with the Round of 16 starting in March. The season will culminate in the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final.
Primary Broadcaster: Paramount+ is the home for live streaming of every UEFA Champions League match in English.
Additional Platforms: Select matches and additional coverage are available on CBS Sports Golazo Network. Spanish-language coverage is provided by ViX.
Typical Kick-off Times: On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, there are two time slots for matches, which correspond to 12:45 PM ET and 3:00 PM ET for viewers in the Eastern Time Zone.
TV Broadcast: The Sony Sports Network holds the television rights. Matches are broadcast on channels like Sony Sports Ten 2 and Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi).
Live Stream: Every match can be streamed live on the SonyLIV platform, which requires a premium subscription. DAZN IN is also a streaming partner.
Typical Kick-off Times: Matches begin late at night or early in the morning IST due to the time difference, usually about 11:15 PM IST and 1:30 AM IST the next day.
Primary Broadcaster: TNT Sports is the main home of the UEFA Champions League, broadcasting the majority of matches.
Live Stream: Matches are available for streaming on the discovery+ platform.
Typical Kick-off Times: Matches kick off at 5:45 PM GMT and 8:00 PM GMT on matchdays.
Exclusive Rights Holder: DAZN Canada holds the exclusive rights to stream every single match of the UEFA Champions League.
Typical Kick-off Times: Mirroring the U.S. schedule, matches begin at 12:45 PM ET and 3:00 PM ET.
Stan Sport is the exclusive owner of the rights to transmit live content. A basic Stan membership with the Stan Sport add-on is necessary for access.
Matches usually begin at 4:45 AM AEDT and end at 7:00 AM AEDT the next day.
Germany: Matches are available on Prime Video and DAZN. Kick-off is at the standard 6:45 PM CET and 9:00 PM CET.
Spain: Movistar Plus+ (including M+ Liga de Campeones channels) holds the exclusive rights.
France: CANAL+ is the official broadcaster.
Italy: Matches are broadcast on Sky Italia and Amazon Prime Video.
Netherlands: Ziggo Sport is the dedicated domestic broadcaster.
Middle East & North Africa (MENA): beIN Sports is the exclusive rights holder across the region. Typical kick-off times are 8:45 PM and 11:00 PM Arabian Standard Time (AST).
Africa: SuperSport is the primary broadcaster on the DStv and GOtv platforms. Canal+ Afrique also holds rights in specific territories.
Brazil: Matches are broadcast on TNT Sports and SBT, and streamed on Disney+.
New Zealand: DAZN New Zealand provides live streaming coverage. Matches kick off the following morning at around 6:45 AM NZDT and 9:00 AM NZDT.
Japan: WOWOW broadcasts all matches live.
China: Streaming is available on iQIYI.
Paris Saint-Germain are the current defending champions, having won their first UEFA Champions League title in 2025. As clubs compete for the coveted top 24 spots to progress in the competition, the new league phase format guarantees more elite games and more drama. The competition for the knockout stages is at its height since today is the league phase's penultimate matchday.
