On 10 June 2014, Sky announced that they would be launching Sky Sports 5. The channel will be the seventh Sky Sports channel to launch and will specialise in broadcasting European football, including UEFA European Championship qualifiers, La Liga and the Eredivisie. Sky Sports 5 appeared on the Sky EPG as channel 407 on 12 June 2014. Sky Sports 5 launched on 12 August 2014.The first match broadcast on the channel was the 2014 UEFA Super Cup. Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD and Sky Sports F1 HD launched on Virgin Media on 15 July 2014. Sky Sports 5 HD launched on 12 August 2014 as well as being added on Virgin Media. However, Sky Sports News HQ HD is scheduled to be added, no launch is confirmed. Sky Sports 3, 4 and 5 HD are also scheduled to launch on UPC Ireland. Sky Sports' football coverage was at the centre of controversy in January 2011 when footage emerged of presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys making comments perceived as sexist. On 25 January 2011, Gray was sacked over the comments. Sky Sports reporter Andy Burton was subsequently suspended coinciding with Gray's original suspension due to similar comments that were perceived as sexist. Keys resigned the following day. At the time, there were newspaper reports alleging that Gray had threatened to sue BSkyB for unfair dismissal (though there is no evidence that any legal action was either forthcoming and/or successful). On 1 January 2015, Sky Sports News HQ HD, along with Sky News HD were added on Virgin. Sky sports 5 is also available to watch free on internet on Time4tv and a2livetv.com etc..
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