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DAZN Football Guide 2025/26 — Bundesliga, Champions League and Serie A

DAZN is a global sports streaming platform focused on football (soccer), boxing, and MMA. It carries no cricket in any market. If you are on SmartCric for cricket streaming and also follow European football, this page explains what DAZN covers on the football side.

DAZN and cricket — no rights anywhere

DAZN holds no cricket broadcast rights in any territory. The platform does not carry:

  • Test cricket
  • One-day internationals
  • T20 internationals
  • IPL
  • ICC tournaments
  • Any domestic cricket competition

For cricket streaming, the main options are:

  • India/South Asia: JioHotstar (IPL, India home series), Sony Sports/SonyLIV, Fancode (selected series)
  • UK/Ireland: Sky Sports Cricket, TNT Sports (select ICC events)
  • Australia: Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports, Seven Network (free-to-air)
  • Pakistan: PTV Sports, ARY Sports, Tapmad TV
  • US: Willow TV, ESPN+ (select ICC tournaments)

DAZN will not become a cricket broadcaster — it has made no moves in that direction and its model is built around football and combat sports.

What DAZN does carry — football

For football, DAZN is a significant broadcaster in several European markets:

Germany

  • Bundesliga — Friday night Bundesliga matches and Sunday premium fixtures
  • UEFA Champions League — complete coverage across all groups and knockout rounds
  • Serie A — full Italian top-flight coverage
  • Premier League — selected matches in German broadcast
  • La Liga, Ligue 1 — selected coverage

Sky Deutschland carries Saturday Bundesliga and the Konferenz. Between DAZN and Sky, all Bundesliga matches are covered.

Italy

  • Serie A — exclusive broadcaster. All 380 Serie A matches per season. No other legal Italian platform broadcasts Serie A live.
  • Champions League — co-coverage with Sky Italia
  • La Liga, Bundesliga — selected

Spain

  • La Liga — primary rights holder alongside Movistar Plus+
  • Premier League — exclusive in Spain, all 380 matches in Spanish
  • LaLiga Hypermotion — second division full coverage

UK

  • UEFA Women’s Champions League — global deal, selected matches free on YouTube
  • Boxing — primary focus of the UK product
  • No men’s Champions League, no Premier League, no La Liga

DAZN pricing

CountryMonthlyAnnual (approx)
Germany~€34.99~€299.99
Italy~€40.99~€299.99
Spain~€24.99~€239.99
UK~£24.99~£179.99

Devices

iOS, Android, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Sony), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and web browsers. Two concurrent streams per account.

Frequently asked questions

Will DAZN ever carry cricket? There is no announced plan. DAZN’s strategy since its 2016 launch has been football, boxing, and MMA. Cricket has strong incumbent broadcasters with long-term deals and DAZN has not bid for any cricket rights as of 2026.

Can I use DAZN in South Asia? DAZN is not available in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka. In those markets, JioHotstar and Sony Sports cover cricket; local cable and satellite services cover football.

Is DAZN free? Not for most content. DAZN has a limited free tier and the Women’s Champions League streams free on YouTube. Full access requires a subscription.

Next steps

If you are in Germany, Italy, or Spain and want to supplement your cricket streaming with football coverage, DAZN is the platform to consider:

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For cricket streaming options, see our dedicated platform guides covering JioHotstar, Sony LIV, Fancode, Sky Sports Cricket, and Willow TV.

Sources

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch IPL 2026 legally in India?
Star Sports holds the IPL television rights through 2027 and JioHotstar carries the streaming rights — the merged service launched in 2025 after the Reliance–Disney merger consolidated Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema. Every IPL 2026 match is available on Star Sports TV channels (Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, regional feeds) and on the JioHotstar app + web player. Free over-the-top access requires a Jio mobile plan; otherwise a JioHotstar Premium subscription is needed for ad-light viewing. Smartcric Guide does not stream any IPL match — every link routes to the official rights-holder.
Is there any free legal way to watch cricket in India?
Yes, for selected matches. DD Sports (Doordarshan) carries free-to-air coverage of selected India men’s home series and ICC events under the Sports Broadcasting Signals Act — the public broadcaster gets a clean feed and shows the matches uninterrupted on terrestrial TV and the DD Free Dish satellite platform. JioHotstar ad-tier mobile streaming was free for Jio mobile subscribers for the 2025 IPL and is expected to continue in 2026. FanCode sometimes carries free coverage of secondary tours (smaller bilateral series, women’s cricket, domestic competitions).
JioHotstar vs Sony Sports Ten — which broadcaster do I need for which series?
JioHotstar (Star Sports group) has IPL, all India men’s home + away bilateral series, the ICC events cycle (Champions Trophy 2026, T20 World Cup 2026), England tours of India, Australia vs India ODIs. Sony Sports Ten has PSL, BBL, The Hundred, plus Pakistan, West Indies and Sri Lanka bilateral series outside the India market. To cover the full international + IPL calendar from India you typically need both — Star Sports/JioHotstar for India-led cricket and Sony LIV for PSL/BBL/overseas tours.
Does Smartcric Guide host cricket streams?
No. Smartcric Guide is editorial only — we publish series windows, broadcaster names, package pricing and pan-region rights guidance. We do not host, embed, link to or describe how to access any unauthorised stream. Every match access route on this site points to a licensed broadcaster app. Copyright complaints: [email protected].