12:00 AM, December 09, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:59 AM, December 09, 2017

PL to boost TV games in new deal

The Premier League will make dozens more games available in its next TV rights auction as clubs target an increase on the huge £5 billion deal they secured last time, a report said Friday.

Britain's Daily Telegraph said for the first time entire rounds of Premier League matches would be shown live and football would go head-to-head with entertainment programmes on Saturday evenings.

Four full rounds of Premier League games will reportedly be up for grabs -- three midweek rounds of fixtures and a programme on a public holiday.

The Telegraph said the league had issued the tender document for TV rights to fixtures for three seasons from 2019-20 and 200 of the league's 380 matches would be available -- 42 more than at present.