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Live sport – feel it, it’s almost here.

There are only so many highlights packages and sports documentaries you can watch, and whilst the return of the Bundesliga is welcome, it’s just not the same when you don’t have a dog in the fight.

SuperSport is not showing the Bundesliga (tip – you can sign up for a number of local betting sites for as little as R50, and watch live streams via their apps or desktop sites), but the channel will be broadcasting other leagues.

As things stand, the English Premier League returns on Wednesday, June 17, when Manchester City are slated to play Arsenal, and Aston Villa face Sheffield United.

There will be a full round of action from Friday, June 19, through to Monday, June 22, and all 92 remaining games will be broadcast live on SuperSport.

Liverpool will want to try and wrap the title up as quickly as possible, given that the season could be thrown into disarray at any point.

Also, after what will be more than three months without the Premier League, never again will I look at a midweek late kickoff between two mid-table teams with little to play for and think ‘nah, not worth watching’.

(Then again, I support Newcastle so mid-table mediocrity is the best I can hope for – potential takeover aside.)

Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A are also set to return, with this below via SuperSport’s site:

Action in Spain will be intense: from 11 June to 12 July, there will be at least one La Liga fixture played each day before all 20 clubs play their final two matches simultaneously on 15 July and 19 July.

Meanwhile, the Italian sports minister gave the go-ahead for a 20 June resumption of Serie A. The league was suspended on 9 March with Juventus leading by a point with 12 rounds of matches remaining.

“With SuperSport broadcasting three of the best soccer leagues in the world, a feast awaits fans,” assured Gideon Khobane, SuperSport chief executive. “The leagues’ closed-doors policy may take some getting used to, but the television product ought to be as thrilling as ever.”

Football does lose some of its drama without a crowd present, but at this stage sports lovers have to take what we can get, and the safety of players and fans should always be the priority.

It’s not just football, though, with New Zealand’s newly created Aotearoa tournament starting on June 13, featuring Super Rugby sides the Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes, Crusaders and Highlanders.

That one will also feature some interesting rule changes, such as a golden point for tied matches, replacements for red-carded players, and stricter application of the breakdown laws. Read more about that via Sport24.

Golf returns with the PGA Tour from June 11, and the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, and there will be live golf in each of the 25 weeks that follow:

Early next month, Formula One will also be back, with the World of Champions broadcasting the revised season, beginning in Austria on the weekend of 3-5 July.

International cricket will also come roaring back when England host West Indies for three tests in the space of 21 days, starting on 8 July. The three matches, which will all be broadcast on SuperSport, will be played behind closed doors.

The WWE, UFC, and NASCAR will continue with live events, as has been the case for a while now.

Make the most of the next two weeks with your loved ones, because once live sport returns everything changes.

[source:supersport]