Copa Nissan Sudamericana Returns Exclusively to Fox Sports En Espanol Today; Mexico's Club America and Pumas de la UNAM, as well as USA's DC United, to Make First-Ever Appearance in Prestigious Tournament.LOS ANGELES -- Fox Sports en Espanol announced today the return of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana to its Fall line-up of exclusive live soccer action. Tournament play kicks-off on Fox Sports en Espanol tonight, August 9, with a first-round encounter between Paraguayan selections Guarani gua·ra·ni n. pl. guarani or gua·ra·nis See Table at currency. [Spanish guaraní, Guarani; see Guarani.] Noun 1. and Cerro Porteno at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. The 2005 Copa Nissan Sudamericana marks the first time that CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) member teams from Mexico (Club America and Pumas de la UNAM) and the United States (DC United) will take part in the five-month tournament. "The Copa Nissan Sudamericana has consistently been one of our strongest properties, both in terms of audience appeal and advertiser demand," said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. "Given the success of Mexican teams during this year's Copa Toyota Libertadores, we're particularly excited to welcome Club America and Pumas de la UNAM to what promises to be one of the strongest Copa Nissan Sudamericana fields to date." A CONMEBOL-sanctioned tournament, the 2005 Copa Nissan Sudamericana features 34 teams from 12 countries, including 31 teams from CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol member countries and 3 from CONCACAF, including Brazil (8); Argentina (7); Mexico (2); Bolivia (2); Chile (2); Colombia (2); Ecuador (2); Peru (2); Paraguay (2); Uruguay (2); Venezuela (2); and United States (1). Offering more than 1,500 hours of live sports programming a year, Fox Sports en Espanol is the only Spanish-language network to offer exclusive coverage of the four major international club tournaments from Latin America, encompassing more than 125 matches and in excess of 500 hours of live coverage of the most important matches from the Torneo InterLiga, Copa Toyota Libertadores, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, and the Copa Nissan Sudamericana. For a complete schedule of Fox Sports en Espanol's exclusive telecasts of the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, please visit the network's website at www.fse.yahoo.com. About Fox Sports en Espanol Fox Sports en Espanol is available through affiliated cable systems and through DIRECTV and Dish Network 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, Muse, Tate & Furst and News Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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) ) 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. . Fox Sports en Espanol features more than 1,000 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish each year, including the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana and Torneo InterLiga soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball All-Star Game The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the respective managers , playoffs and World Series; and championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S. The channel reaches more than 7 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at www.foxcable.com. |
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