Football fans rage over TNT Sports price hike just weeks before the Premier League starts – act now to avoid increase
TNT Sports has announced a £3 monthly bill hike starting today.
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There is a way to avoid the price hike - but you'll have to lose some shows
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That means the existing package will now cost £33.99 a month instead of £30.99.
TNT Sports will show 52 Premier League matches during the 2025/26 season.
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Meanwhile, Sky Sports will broadcast the most with the rights to 215 games.
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"Taking the absolute p*** now," one frustrated viewer raged on X.
"What a bargain hey? I'll be cancelling," another raged.
The move comes as part of a shake-up to the Discovery+ packages, with a new tier now available.
This provides a way to keep the old TNT Sports subscription price of £30.99 but it will mean sacrificing some of the content you had access to previously.
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And you'll need to manually switch within your account to advantage if that's of interest.
In an email to customers, the broadcaster said: "Thank you for being a discovery+ subscriber.
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"We want to let you know about changes to your subscription plan.
"On your next billing date on or after 28 August 2025, your monthly discovery+ Premium (incl. TNT Sports) subscription price will increase to £33.99/month.
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"Your plan name will also change to 'TNT Sports & Entertainment'."
So how can you save?
Previously, there were only two tiers, Discovery+ Basic which had no sport at all and remains at £3.99 per month.
Meanwhile Discovery+ Premium had all that plus TNT Sports.
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Wedged between the pair is now a third option, Discovery+ TNT Sports.
This essentially provides access to everything TNT Sports has to offer, including Premier League and UEFA Champions League, Autumn Nations Series and Moto GP.
But you won't be able to watch Discovery+'s non-sport content available for £30.99 per month with reality from TLC, documentaries from Discovery Channel and more.
If you're not fussed about the non-sport shows, it might be worthwhile downgrading to this to avoid the price hike.
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THOMAS FRANK will have a chance today to see just how far his new Tottenham side have come on set-pieces when they take on the masters of the craft. No one scored more goals from dead-ball situations, excluding penalties, in the Premier League last season than 6 Thomas Frank has hired Arsenal's former set-piece specialist Credit: Getty 6 Nicolas Jover inspired the Gunners' set-piece prowess Credit: Getty Play Dream Team now! Play The Sun Dream Team ahead of the 2025/26 season Free to play Over £100,000 in total prize money Play in Mini Leagues against your mates Submit a team for Gameweek 1 to enter £5,000 prize draw The German-born Frenchman Jover, 43, fast became a household name among Gooners for the way he leaps into action, barking orders from Mikel Arteta's technical area whenever Frank has his own grand plans to Andreas Georgson spent a year as READ MORE ON FOOTBALL The Swede, 43, was replaced by Jover before going on to hold similar roles at Southampton and Georgson's latest gig is at He holds the title of first-team assistant coach, but his specific focus will be set-pieces. Frank excelled from the routines at Brentford, netting 14 league goals from them last term and conceding a Prem-best three. Most read in Football SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET £50 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN It is not just from corners and free-kicks that he looks to gain an advantage, either. Fans will remember how his Bees, remarkably, scored virtually from the kick-off in three successive games last September. Arsenal vs Tottenham fan debate battle | Stoppage Time The remarkable hat-trick saw them make Premier League history by becoming the first team to net within the first minute in a trio of back-to-back fixtures. Long throws are also something he is happy to employ, with Centre-back The Dutchman, 24, said on Tuesday: 'We have had a lot of training sessions already where we are working on set-pieces. I know you guys love talking about set-pieces and Tottenham. 6 Jover was often spotted alongside Mikel Arteta on the Arsenal touchline Credit: Getty 6 Micky van de Ven has revealed that Spurs are already working on improving their record with the deadball Credit: Getty 'I hope we can change that this year and make it a strong point for us on the offensive and defensive side.' The "I know you guys love talking about set-pieces and Tottenham" remark related to the furore surrounding them under predecessor Ange Postecoglou. In truth, it was a mountain made out of a molehill by Postecoglou himself, and it came after a North London derby defeat to today's opponents. Spurs conceded twice from corners in their 3-2 home loss to Arsenal in April 2024, during Postecoglou's first campaign. At the time, it took the club's tally of goals conceded from set-pieces to nine, which was not terrible but not great either. It just required an acknowledgement that things could have been improved and a promise to work on them. Postecoglou instead appeared to dismiss set-pieces altogether after the game, then doubled down on that view again a few days later in his next press conference. After that, a narrative emerged that he did not care about them at all, which was brought up every time Spurs subsequently conceded from a dead-ball situation, not including spot-kicks. Frank has been very clear about how much he values them and spoke of his pride after his new team scored their first goals under him from set-pieces in his opening friendly, a 2-0 win at Reading, earlier this month. 6 Frank is hoping to make Spurs a threat from set-pieces Credit: Getty 6 Tottenham face Arsenal in a North London derby TODAY Credit: Getty Arsenal set the bar for success in this area - today Spurs can get an early idea of how they measure up at the Kai Tak Stadium today. They will do it, meanwhile, wearing kit with bespoke, jazzy-looking shirt numbers designed by local artists. 'ParentsParents', a collective of artists from diverse backgrounds in graffiti, illustration and geometry style character, designed the numbers, using themes, colours and symbols meaningful to Hong Kong. You can put your shirt on set-pieces playing a key role in today's friendly version of the North London derby on the far side of the world.
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- The Irish Sun
Wrexham ‘plotting ambitious move for former England star' as they target Premier League football within two years
WREXHAM are reportedly plotting an ambitious move for Conor Coady. The former Advertisement 5 Conor Coady is wanted by Wrexham Credit: Getty 5 The defender has earned 10 caps for England Credit: Getty Play Dream Team now! Play The Sun Dream Team ahead of the 2025/26 season Free to play Over £100,000 in total prize money Play in Mini Leagues against your mates Submit a team for Gameweek 1 to enter £5,000 prize draw He has been a regular feature in the Leicester team during pre-season under new manager Marti Cifuentes. However, he could become the latest big name to make the move to Wales. The Advertisement READ MORE ON FOOTBALL It suggests that the former Wolves star is "seen as the ideal man" to boost the club's bid to reach the Premier League in the next two seasons. The Hollywood-backed Wrexham have enjoyed a remarkable rise up the leagues following the takeover by Ryan Reynolds and The club has been promoted every season for the last three years and is back in the second tier for the first time in 43 years. Despite now being in the Championship, the club's ambitions have not slowed down and are aiming to reach the big time by 2027. Advertisement Most read in Football Breaking SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET £50 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN Coady could provide plenty of experience for manager Phil Parkinson, having won the second tier title twice in his career. He has also made 198 appearances in the Prem during spells with Wolves, 'He's got the fastest hands' - Wrexham star James McClean tipped to beat up Jake Paul in boxing fight The Advertisement The club has broken its transfer record for Empoli left-back Liberato Cacace and They are also set to do it again as they are closing in on the signing of Nathan Broadhead from The attacker is set to cost Wrexham up to 5 Advertisement 5 Wrexham are close to signing Nathan Broadhead Credit: Reuters However, The Wrexham start their Championship campaign with a trip to St Mary's to take on recent Prem side Southampton. Advertisement 5
