Comcast Cable Communications to Offer Free Three-Day Preview of Fox Soccer Channel, Starting Friday, November 24.Weekend Preview will Feature the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) championship competition, takes place every other year. LOS ANGELES -- Comcast Cable Communications is offering its subscribers, in the Illinois area, a free preview of Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, Launched Nov. 1, 1997. from Friday, November 24 through Sunday, November 26. As part of the preview, soccer fans will gain free access to more than 17 hours of Fox Soccer Channel's signature live programming, including a soccer match featuring Manchester United of the Barclays English Premier League taking on defending champions Chelsea FC on Sunday, November 26 at 11:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. PT; the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Final on Sunday, November 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT; as well as the channel's nightly global news program Fox Sports World Report. Soccer is the world's game, and the fastest growing sport in America. As America's soccer network, Fox Soccer Channel is the leading broadcaster of U.S. and international soccer, and international sports news, including the Barclays English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Argentine League, Mexican League and Major League Soccer. The channel also features exclusive broadcasts of top soccer tournaments including the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Club World Cup, UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup Final, English FA Cup, CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions' Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. To order Fox Soccer Channel or receive more information about the free preview, log onto Comcast.com. [TABLE OMITTED] About Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, the Barclays English Premier League, Argentine First Division and Italian Serie A; as well as global tournaments such as the UEFA Cup, UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship, and is sometimes called the Women's Euro , English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and FA Community Shield
Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit of the News Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry's most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America's most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com. |
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