Sky Sports 5 to launch in August

Sky has announced that it will launch a seventh sports channel in August dedicated to European football.

Sky Sports 5 will feature matches from the Champions League, as well as games in the Spanish top division La Liga and the Copa del Rey competition.

Qualifiers for the 2016 European Championships will also be shown on the new channel, as well Eredivisie matches from Holland for the first time.

The channel, which will go live on August 12, is available as a package deal to all Sky Sports customers, who will receive a bonus of further two years' free and unlimited Sky Broadband worth £7.50 a month.

Customers can activate Sky Sports 5 from June 12.