Brazil's Gremio and Mexico's Pumas to Open the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores on Tuesday, February 4.Sports/Entertainment/Business Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003 Fox Sports En Espanol to Air Famed South American Club Tournament Exclusively Club teams Gremio of Brazil and the UNAM Pumas of Mexico will open the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores, airing exclusively live from Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Port and city(pop., 2005 est.: city, 1,386,900; metro. area, 3,978,263), southern Brazil. Located along the Guaíba River near the Atlantic Ocean coast, it was founded c. 1742 by immigrants from the Azores. It was first known as Porto dos Casais. in Brazil, on Tuesday, February 4 at 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Fox Sports en Espanol. The national Spanish-language sports network retains the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to all 128 mid-week matches of the popular six-month tournament, including the playoffs and finals. Through its exclusive internet alliance (Internet Alliance, Washington, DC, www.internetalliance.org) A membership association dedicated to promoting the Internet as the global marketplace for the 21st century. Its goal is to provide a consistent message to state and federal government that enables the Internet to benefit the with Terra.com, Fox Sports en Espanol also will offer video highlights and coverage of the Copa Toyota Libertadores on their joint web site, www.fse.terra.com. A total of 32 club teams representing ten Latin American countries List of American countries Nations:
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. (ET), Fox Sports en Espanol will present a one-hour Copa Toyota Libertadores 2003 special providing viewers with a synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of participating teams and players and historical tournament facts. In addition, the network is producing a one-hour feature from its studios in Argentina titled El Show de la Copa Libertadores that highlights the best moments of this soccer competition. El Show de la Copa Libertadores premieres on Saturday, February 8 at 6:30 p.m. (ET), and will be scheduled weekly on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (ET) for the duration of the tournament. "The combination of our live Copa Toyota Libertadores mid-week prime-time matches and our established weekend soccer events gives U.S. soccer fans up to 17 exclusive, first-run events in one week," said David Sternberg, General Manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. "That's a tremendous amount of championship soccer that will dominate our network through several months." Adding to the excitement of this year's Copa Toyota Libertadores is a consumer sweepstakes sponsored by Pep (1) (Packet Exchange Protocol) A Xerox protocol used internally by NetWare to transport internal Netware NCP commands (NetWare Core Protocols). It uses PEP and IPX for this purpose. Application programs use SPX and IPX. Boys that will take one winner and guest to see the Copa Toyota Libertadores 2003 final match. The Copa Toyota Libertadores 2003 telecasts on Fox Sports en Espanol are being sponsored in part by Toyota, Miller Beer, MasterCard, Pep Boys, Gatorade, Americatel and Terra.com. Fox Sports en Espanol is available through affiliated cable systems and through DIRECTV and Dish Network See DBS. satellite providers. Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , Muse, Tate & Furst, Fox Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. (owned by Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FOX) and News Corporation (NYSE:NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) )), and Liberty Media Corporation. COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES 2003 FIXTURE GROUP 1 GROUP 2 Libertad (Paraguay) Paysandu (Brazil) River Plate (Argentina) Universidad Catolica (Chile) Emelec (Ecuador) Sporting Cristal (Peru) Deportivo Cali (Colombia) Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) GROUP 3 GROUP 4 12 de Octubre (Paraguay) Gimnasia (Argentina) El Nacional (Ecuador) Olimpia (Paraguay) Santos FC (Brazil) Cobreloa (Chile) America de Cali (Colombia) Alianza Lima (Peru) GROUP 5 GROUP 6 Penarol (Uruguay) Nacional (Uruguay) Bolivar (Bolivia) Universitario (Peru) Pumas de la UNAM (Mexico) Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia) Gremio (Brazil) Racing Club (Argentina) GROUP 7 GROUP 8 Boca Juniors (Argentina) Fenix (Uruguay) Barcelona (Ecuador) Cruz Azul (Mexico) Independiente (Colombia) Corinthians (Brazil) Colo Colo (Chile) The Strongest (Bolivia) COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES 2003 PARTIAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE ON FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL(a) Date Teams Time (ET)(a) Tue., Feb. 4 Gremio (Bra) vs. Pumas de la UNAM (Mex) 6:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 5 Corinthians (Bra) vs. Cruz Azul (Mex) 6:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 5 America (Col) vs. Santos (Bra) 9:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 5 12 Octubre (Par) vs. El Nacional (Ecu) 11:00 p.m. Thu., Feb. 6 Barcelona (Ecu) vs. Colo Colo (Chi) 11:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 Cerro Porteno vs. Univ. Catolica (Chi) 2:00 a.m. (a) Programming subject to change For more information visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at www.fse.terra.com |
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