Live coverage of all 64 games across RT 2, RT Player and RT News Channel
Almost 200 hours of coverage in total
Panellists include Shay Given, Richie Sadlier and co-commentator ine O'Gorman (pictured along with Tony O'Donoghue)
RT Sport has announced details of its FIFA World Cup 2022 coverage across television, radio and online. RT will provide live coverage of all 64 games across RT 2, RT Player and RT News Channel.
Viewers will be able to catch almost 200 hours of television coverage on RT 2 and RT Player including all 64 games live from Qatar along with highlights, previews, and features. Coverage begins with 17 consecutive days of live games from November 20th to December 6th. For the simultaneous matches in the last round of the Group Stage, both games in each group will be live one on RT 2 and one on the RT News Channel, with all available live on RT Player.
Fans will also be kept up to date with the latest news and updates from Qatar on Saturday Sport, Sunday Sport and Game On along with live bulletins throughout the day on RT Radio 1 and RT 2FM. RT Soccer Correspondent Tony O'Donoghue will be reporting from Qatar on all platforms on the build-up to the World Cup and the issues surrounding this most controversial tournament.
At a launch in House, Leeson St, Dublin, details of the team of coverage, panellists, presenters, and commentators were announced to the media. Joanne Cantwell, Clare MacNamara and Peter Collins will present the live coverage alongside panellists Shay Given, Richie Sadlier, Liam Brady, Didi Hamann, Damien Duff, Kevin Doyle and others.
RT Sport's commentary team of Darragh Maloney, George Hamilton, Des Curran, Adrian Eames, John Kenny and others will be joined by co-commentators Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan, Stephen Kelly, Kenny Cunningham, ine O' Gorman and others.
RT Sport will offer unrivalled digital coverage of the World Cup, with live blogs of every game on RT .ie/Sport and the RT News app. Highlights of every goal available on the RT Soccer Twitter account, analysis, and punditry on RT Sport Facebook and YouTube, along with daily podcasts. Keep across all the breaking news with our dedicated World Cup page, which will contain fixtures, results and up to date tables, as well as features, interviews and analysis of matters on and off the pitch.
Bring the action with you wherever you are, stream or cast all 64 matches live on RT Player. Off the pitch, Darren and Joe are back with their unique brand of comedy in a special collection of football sketches launching on RT Player throughout the tournament.
What if a little girl made a wish that saw Ireland qualify for the World Cup? What if that girl, the Ireland kit-man's daughter, Romy Kelly, helped put the greatest teams in the world under pressure Romy's World Cup Wish' on RTEjr Radio is a 5-part radio drama with episode 1 airing on Monday 21st November, a new episode landing every Monday for 4 weeks and the final episode airing on Sunday 18th December. Written by Karl Harpur and featuring the voice talents of Sadhbh Marshall Coghlan in the role of Romy. The drama also features Tony O'Donoghue, George Hamilton & Mario Rosenstock to name but a few. Tune into RTEjr Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts from Monday 21st November to see what happens. The nation holds its breath .
RT Director General, Dee Forbes said: RT has brought audiences across Ireland a feast of live sport over these past months and that is set to continue in the weeks ahead as our main focus turns to the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. With all 64 games exclusively live on RT 2 and RT Player culminating in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Final on 18th December there are almost 200 hours of the very best live World Cup coverage for sports fans all over the country to look forward to on RT , along with plenty of great discussion and analysis. Beyond the football, the World Cup as the biggest sporting event in the world, always brings a spotlight on the host country's society, culture and people. This year that focus will be especially important.
Group Head of RT Sport, Declan McBennett, said: The World Cup remains one of the defining global sporting events. This tournament will be scrutinised like never before and both on and off the pitch our coverage will reflect that. The talent and exploits of the players will light up the tournament set against the backdrop of a nation and a society which will have the eyes of the world upon them for how they treat their citizens and their visitors.
RT coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022 is proudly sponsored by Hyundai and KFC.
Students from Miss Ali's Stage School in Dundrum (Saoirse O' Connor, Evie Rose, AJ Keating and Denis Zamfiroiu) helped to launch the event in House.
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