Free-to-Air Sport Feast

There’s so much live sport airing across the networks in mid-January that TVNZ is switching critical NFL Wild Card rounds to TVNZ 2 because gridiron’s normal home ground, Duke, is overrun with cricket.

Duke also has live horse-racing while Sky Open wraps up its ASB Classic tennis coverage with live nightly broadcasts of the Australian Open.

Here’s the full line-up of live/delayed FTA sport for January 11-17:

• Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka: 3rd ODI (Duke, 1.30 Saturday)
• Trackside Premier – Thorndon Mile & Magic Millions (Duke 2.30 Saturday)
• ASB Classic Men’s Tennis: Finals (Sky Open, 2.00 Saturday)
• Hungry Jack’s NBL25 Season: NZ Breakers v Illawarra Hawks (Duke, 9.45 Saturday)
• A-League Men’s Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United (Sky Open, 9.30 Saturday)
• Soccer: FA Cup (Sky Open, 10am Sunday)
• ASB Classic Men’s Doubles Final (Sky Open, midday Sunday)
• NFL: Playoffs (TVNZ 2, 10.25 am/1.55 Sunday; 6.55am/10.30am/1.55 Monday; 1.55 Tuesday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Central Stags v Otago Volts  (Duke, 4.15 Sunday)
• Tennis: Australian Open (Sky Open, 9.00 Sunday-Friday)
• Wakaama National Sprints 2025 (Whakaata Māori, 8.30am-4.30, Monday-Friday)
• Super Smash Women’s Cricket: Auckland Hearts v Northern Brave (Duke, 12.30 Monday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Auckland Aces v Northern Brave (Due, 4.15 Monday)
• Hungry Jack’s NBL25 Season: NZ Breakers v Melbourne United (Duke, 7.45 Monday)
• Super Smash Women’s Cricket: Wellington Blaze v Otago Sparks (Duke, 12.30 Tuesday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Wellington Firebirds v Otago Volts (Duke, 4.15 Tuesday)
• Super Smash Women’s Cricket: Auckland Hearts v Central Hinds (Duke, 12.30 Wednesday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Auckland Aces v Central Stags (Duke, 4.15 Wednesday)
• Super Smash Women’s Cricket: Otago Sparks v Northern Brave (Duke, 12.30 Thursday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Otago Volts v Northern Brave (Duke, 4.15 Thursday)
• Hungry Jack’s NBL25 Season: NZ Breakers v Tasmania JackJumpers (Duke, 7.45 Thursday)
• Super Smash Women’s Cricket: Central Hinds v Canterbury Magicians (Duke, 2.00 Friday)
• Super Smash Men’s Cricket: Central Stags v Canterbury Kings (Duke, 5.45 Friday).