StarTimes broadcasts 200 W/Cup qualifier games LIVE
October 2, 2016. Lagos, Nigeria. Football loving Nigerians can watch their European football heroes in sizzling-hot super sporting actions and enjoy maximum sporting entertainment as digital TV network, StarTimes Nigeria has concluded plans to broadcast LIVE and exclusively over 200 matches of the European Zone of the Russia 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.
StarTimes Head of Public Relations, Israel Bolaji said The European Zone qualifier is an exciting competition amongst all European countries who are renowned football dynamos, all fighting for glory and a spot in the forthcoming FIFA world cup. StarTimes network has commenced LIVE broadcast of the games since September 2016 (Match Day 1) and will this week in October from Thursday (October 6) show all 39 games for Match Day 2 (19 matches) & Day 3 (20 Matches) starting with the cracker between Italy and Spain, then Portugal and Andorra, Belgium and Bosnia, France and Bulgaria, England and Malta, Poland battling Denmark and Germany versus Czech where the old rivalries are re-ignited. All other games in the competition will be shown LIVE till the qualifiers end in November 2017.
Subscribers can catch all the games LIVE and enjoy their football idols dazzle in the ultimate round leather game in HD glamour on StarTimes dedicated sports channels like ST World Football (HD), Sports Premium (HD), Sports Focus, Sports Life and Sports Arena; all available on Basic bouquet which costs N1200 monthly subscription.
StarTimes is the leading digital-TV network operator and content provider in Africa, covering 90% of the continent's population with 440 authorized channels consisting of news, movies, series, sports, entertainment, music, children's programs, fashion, religion etc.
Bundesliga is more exciting than the Premier League, says Christensen
Borussia Monchengladbach's Chelsea loanee Andreas Christensen believes the Bundesliga is a more entertaining competition than the Premier League. The Denmark international is in the second year of a temporary spell with Gladbach and is loving life in the German top flight due to the open nature of the game.
Despite his allegiance to parent club Chelsea, the central defender believes the German top flight is more exciting than England's first division. "I have only played one game in the Premier League so far, but I obviously trained with my Chelsea team-mates on a daily basis. It is still a different comparison to make, though," the centre-back told the Bundesliga's official website.
"Perhaps the Premier League is a bit more organised defensively. It is very difficult to create chances in the Premier League. "The Bundesliga is the more entertaining league. Almost every game is [played] at a breathtaking pace, up and down, back and forth, attack and counter-attack.
"And another thing that is different is the training culture, which is much harder in the Bundesliga than in the Premier League. It is really hard work here." Christensen, 20, has been a key figure for Monchengladbach this campaign, making 10 appearances in all competitions.