Sky Sports, the NBA’s official broadcast partner and website operator in the UK, is scheduled to broadcast the WNBA’s landmark 25th season, including 17 regular-season games airing in European primetime, as well as the WNBA All-Star Game and a range of Playoff and Finals games.
The 2021 season officially gets underway tomorrow, Friday, May 14 with a weekend of action featuring all 12 teams. Fans in the UK will be able to tune into Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Mix on Saturday, May 15 for the weekend’s first matchup that will see two-time league MVP Candace Parker make her debut with the Chicago Sky at Washington against former MVP Elena Delle Donne and the Mystics (1 p.m. ET/6p.m. BST).
Sky Sports will have at least one game per week on their channels. In line with Sky Sports’ ambition to make women’s sport more accessible, a selection of this season’s games will be made available on the Sky Sports YouTube channel for wider audiences. Fans in the UK can also watch 12 regular-season games streamed live on Twitter @WNBA, which will feature in game commentary from basketball insiders, influencers and WNBA legends. A link to the current WNBA schedule, as well as to games to be streamed on Twitter, can be found here.
2021 WNBA Key Dates: | |
Start of Regular Season | Friday, May 14 |
All-Star Game | Wednesday, July 14 |
Olympic Break | Thursday, July 15 – Wednesday, August 11 |
Last Day of Regular Season | Sunday, September 19 |
First Day of Playoffs | Wednesday, September 22 |
WNBA Finals | Sunday, October 10 – Tuesday, October 19 |
*Key Dates Subject to Change |
Following the recent launch of the WNBA’s season-long 25th anniversary campaign, Count It , and the league’s new Wilson basketball and Nike uniform unveilings, attention will now be focused on the league’s brightest stars as they bring women’s professional basketball back to arenas with an opening weekend highlighted by star-studded matchups. Count It signifies that the WNBA is not done “counting” achievements because there are many more to come as WNBA players continue to excel and defy expectations.