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About Website

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FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

13/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.7 s

1/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.9 s

47/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value840 ms

34/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.148

76/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.3 s

24/100

10%

www.skysports.com

190 ms

site-main-d86267ce2a063ba17a8e207169158625.css

93 ms

launch-ENd3e4df0dfde7473d823092cac7cd0611.min.js

248 ms

wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js

246 ms

require.2.3.2.min.js

218 ms

Our browser made a total of 110 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Skysports.ie, 8% (9 requests) were made to Skysports.com and 7% (8 requests) were made to Assets.adobedtm.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.6 sec) relates to the external source E0.365dm.com.

Content Size

4.9 MB

After Optimization

4.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Skysports.ie main page is 4.9 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 292.6 kB

Original 327.3 kB
After minification 268.7 kB
After compression 34.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 58.6 kB, which is 18% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 292.6 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

Original 3.8 MB
After minification 3.8 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Sky Sports images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-19%

Potential reduce by 45.2 kB

Original 234.7 kB
After minification 234.4 kB
After compression 189.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 45.2 kB or 19% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 431.3 kB

Original 508.6 kB
After minification 508.1 kB
After compression 77.3 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Skysports.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 431.3 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

108

After Optimization

The browser has sent 108 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Sky Sports. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Skysports.ie can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Skysports.ie main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

skysports.ie

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Sky Sports. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook:

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Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)