Europa League and Italian Open to be Broadcasted by Rai

The Europa League will be broadcasted on Rai. Two quarter-final matches and two semi-final matches of this season's competition, with the possibility of the final, will be available live free-to-air. At least one Italian team that will compete in the penultimate act of the tournament (with Milan and Roma facing each other in the quarters and Atalanta challenging Liverpool), will be covered by the public service. Moreover, if one of the Serie A teams were to reach the final, then that match would also be available free-to-air. Roma-Milan, derby in Europa League: the certain semi-final of an Italian makes the fifth place in Champions closer. Not only the Europa League, however, because Rai has decided to also broadcast eleven single matches (practically one per day) of the men's tournament of the Italian Open tennis, plus the women's singles final or alternatively the men's or women's doubles final, for 2024 and 2025. All this will be available exclusively free-to-air, in simulcast with Sky and Now, with multi-platform rights. This is the heart of the agreement reached between Rai and Sky Italia for the free-to-air broadcast of two of the most awaited sporting events by fans, which will characterize next spring. "We are particularly satisfied with this agreement," underline Rai's CEO Roberto Sergio and General Manager Giampaolo Rossi, "which will ensure the widest possible audience can enjoy two great moments of sport, featuring Italian teams and athletes. It is a further sign of the central importance of sport, and sports storytelling, in the mission of the public service. UEFA Europa League and Italian Open - they conclude - thus join a sports programming that also includes, just to mention major events, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, the European Football and Athletics Championships, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.