How a VPN helps sports fans
Wherever you are, a VPN is essential for sports streaming.
If you’re traveling, whether overseas or just to a different TV market, connect to a VPN to access your favorite sports channels securely on any network. ExpressVPN sends your traffic through a private and encrypted tunnel, allowing you to watch and keeping your data safe from prying eyes while abroad.
If you’re watching at home, use a VPN to bypass ISP throttling. ExpressVPN makes your internet traffic more anonymous, so your ISP can’t identify and slow down your streams.
Whether you’re looking to stream football, tennis, boxing, or any other event, you can catch every second of the action with a VPN. Score!
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Top sports to stream
ExpressVPN has you covered with the top sports to stream each week! Here’s what events have caught our eye for the week of April 15:
Marathons: Boston Marathon (April 15, 8:30 a.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. BST, YouTube TV / Eurosport) and London Marathon (April 21, 8:30 a.m. local time / 3:30 a.m. ET, BBC iPlayer): Two marathons in one week? Sign us up! Well, maybe not, as we’d rather comfortably watch the Boston Marathon and London Marathon with our ExpressVPN subscription. Evans Chebet looks to become only the fifth athlete in history to win three consecutive Boston Marathons.
NBA: Play-In Tournament (April 16-19, times vary, NBA League Pass International / YouTube TV) and Playoffs (20-21, times vary, NBA League Pass International / YouTube TV): The road to the NBA Finals officially enters its next chapter Tuesday night, as LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers headline the eight teams competing in the Play-In Tournament. Saturday brings us playoff basketball proper as Jayson Tatum‘s Boston Celtics, Nikola Jokić’s Denver Nuggets, and more teams set their eyes on capturing the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Check out our NBA hub for more info on this year’s postseason!
NHL: NHL Playoffs (April 20-21, times vary, CBC Gem / Viaplay / YouTube TV): If the NBA playoffs aren’t enough for you, how about hitting the ice for the NHL postseason? Hart Memorial Trophy favorite Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche seek their fourth title in team history, though they may need to hold off Connor McDavid‘s dangerous Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference. Back East, can anyone stop Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers, who hope to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the second straight year?
Cycling: Liège–Bastogne–Liège (April 21, 8:45 a.m. local time / 2:45 a.m. ET, SBS / RTBF / France TV / SRF / Peacock): A stellar spring for cycling fans continues Sunday, when the annual Liège–Bastogne–Liège occurs in Belgium. Will Remco Evenepoel become the first rider since Eddy Merckx (1971-73) to win the event in three consecutive years?