thanks for the tip. (iptv stalker can be found in superrepo).

i just tried it. for sports, espn, eurosports working. skysports and astrusports not working.

at the same time, i tried bbts - similar, some working some not. works today, not tmrw.

i dunno if some devices do better than others for such iptv streams.

this is the frustration for us - not very reliable. then again. kodi is foc...!
android users: one app i suggest to try is mobdro - the apk is small, simple, fast and reliable - almost all news and sports channels work, incl skysports 1-5, f1.

only drawback is all channels are in sd.

You r welcome.. Here's some more sugar about IPTV Stalker, they have a decently maintained VOD network, where some content are actually full HD with HD Audio.. Ssshhh, said too much.. 

Can KODI play...? Friend, that's a personal insult...  . I'll give you hints "You.....", "Xvid.... ", Tube#....".  We trust you are only interested for "purely" research purposes.