China is set to CANCEL broadcasting of the Premier League this weekend to block out the planned shows of solidarity for Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

The Premier League showed solidarity with Ukraine last weekend following Russia's invasion of the country.

There are plans for all 20 sides to take part in similar gestures when they take to the field for this weekend's games.

China are therefore considering not showing any of the games from the English top flight
Beijing has denounced sanctions that have been imposed by the UK and the EU against Russia and blamed the US and its allies for provoking Moscow.

Chinese TV stations are refusing to show Premier League matches this weekend on government orders in protest at the clubs’ planned show of support for Ukraine.

Sportsmail revealed yesterday that pro-Ukraine and anti-war messages will be added into the international feed this weekend, in addition to the in-stadium activity promoting peace, prompting a backlash from China.

The Premier League had anticipated that their Russian broadcast rights holder Rambler Media may block out their messaging, which they had planned to use as a pretext to terminate the contract next week, but the reaction from China has come as a surprise.

China have denounced the economic sanctions imposed by the UK and the EU against Russia and they now plan to show further support for Vladimir Putin’s regime with streaming platform iQiyi backing out of showing this weekend’s fixtures.

The latest row with China is a blow for the Premier League as their three-year deal with iQiyi only began at the start of the season following the collapse of their previous £523million contract with PPTV, which was cancelled after the broadcaster refused to pay due to financial difficulties.

That deal was replaced by a much less lucrative one-year contract with Tencent worth just £9m-a-year before iQiyi snapped up the rights last summer.



The clubs will discuss how to respond to the China boycott next week, as well as whether to cancel all their TV contracts in Russia.

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Minjim:
China too wan collect, abi?


Dem no fear cultist

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