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Coverage of EURO 2000 Soccer Tournament on FOX Sports World & FOX Sports World Espanol.


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newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper
 & Soccer Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--June 16, 2000

FOX Sports World Sports World are a British sports Retailer, formerly called Sports Soccer.

Founded in the late 1970's by former county squash coach Mike Ashley, the group Sports World International is now the UK's largest retailer of sports clothing and accessories.
 (English-language) and FOX Sports World Espanol (Spanish-language) announced today they have acquired the broadcast rights to the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations

UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A.
 European Championships There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level:
  • athletics: European Championships in Athletics
  • auto racing:
  • European Championship (auto racing) (Grand Prix auto racing
 (EURO 2000). The EURO 2000 is this year's most significant soccer tournament showcasing fine, notable talent such as Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. , Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal and also represented the Netherlands at international level. , Zinedine Zidane “Zidane” redirects here. For other uses, see Zidane (disambiguation).
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (IPA: [ˌzineˈdin jaziːd ziˈdan]; born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou
 and Christian Vieri
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Christian "Bobo" Vieri (born July 12, 1973 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian football striker who plays for ACF Fiorentina.
 representing their respective nations. FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol will broadcast coverage of the tournament in both English and Spanish, respectively, beginning June 17 at 8 p.m. ET.

The Euro 2000 qualification process started in September 1998 with a total of 49 teams competing for 16 play-off play·off also play-off  
n. Sports
1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie.

2. A series of games played to determine a championship.
 berths. The 16 teams challenging current title holder Germany for the championship include the national teams from Norway, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Italy, France, England and Spain. Matches will be played on the fields of the host countries, Belgium and Holland.

"Tournaments such as the EURO 2000 have made our networks the destination for world-class events among both Spanish and English speaking soccer fans in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," said Andrew Thau, Sr. Vice President of Operations and Network Development, General Manager, 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. . "This soccer tournament is one of many spectacular events we are presenting this summer."

FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol are the only 24-hour, all international sports networks in the United States. Combined, FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol offer the most comprehensive coverage available of championship soccer including the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Mexican League The Mexican League may refer to one of two major baseball leagues in Mexico. The Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (English: Mexican League) is a summer AAA-level baseball minor league. , Argentine First Division, Brazilian League, Colombian League, the Chilean League and Salvadoran League. The networks also present world-renowned soccer tournaments, Rugby Union rugby union
Noun

a form of rugby played between teams of 15 players
, Australian Rules Football Australian rules football

Variety of football played between two teams of 18 players. The field is oval, 145–200 yd (135–185 m) long, with four goalposts at each end. A six-point goal is scored when the oval ball is kicked through the two central goalposts.
, boxing, Formula One auto racing, Cricket, international baseball and international sports news. FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol are available to cable and satellite homes throughout the United States.

FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol are affiliated with FOX Sports International, a venture between News Corporation Ltd. and Liberty Media Corporation/Tele-Communications International, Inc. (TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. 2). Go online with FOX Sports World at www.foxsportsworld.com and FOX Sports World Espanol at www.fswe.com.

                               EURO 2000
             FOX SPORTS WORLD AND FOX SPORTS WORLD ESPANOL
                          BROADCAST SCHEDULE(a)

Match                         Network       Date         Time (ET)

Belgium v Sweden               FSWE     Sat., 6/17/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Sat., 6/17/00      8 PM

Turkey v Italy                 FSWE     Sun., 6/18/00      7 PM
                               FSW      Sun., 6/18/00      5 PM

Netherlands v Czech Republic   FSWE     Sun., 6/18/00      1 AM
                               FSW      Mon., 6/19/00      3 PM

Portugal v England             FSWE     Mon., 6/19/00      2 PM
                               FSW      Mon., 6/19/00     11 PM

Germany v Romania              FSWE     Mon., 6/19/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Mon., 6/19/00      8 PM

Yugoslavia v Slovenia          FSWE     Tues., 6/20/00     5 PM
                               FSW      Tues., 6/20/00    11 PM

Spain v Norway                 FSWE     Tues., 6/20/00    11 PM
                               FSW      Tues., 6/20/00     8 PM

Italy v Belgium                FSWE     Wed., 6/21/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Wed., 6/21/00      8 PM

Sweden v Turkey                FSWE     Thurs., 6/22/00   11 PM
                               FSW      Thurs., 6/22/00    8 PM

Denmark v Netherlands          FSWE     Fri., 6/23/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Fri., 6/23/00     11 PM

Czech Republic v France        FSWE     Fri., 6/23/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Fri., 6/23/00      8 PM

Romania v Portugal             FSWE     Sat., 6/24/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Sat., 6/24/00      5 PM

England v Germany              FSWE     Sat., 6/24/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Sat., 6/24/00      8 PM

Norway v Yugoslavia            FSWE     Mon., 6/26/00      3 PM
                               FSW      Sun., 6/25/00     11 PM

Turkey v Belgium               FSWE     Mon., 6/26/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Mon., 6/26/00      3 PM

Italy v Sweden                 FSWE     Mon., 6/26/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Mon., 6/26/00      8 PM

England v Romania              FSWE     Tues., 6/27/00     8 PM
                               FSW      Tues., 6/27/00    11 PM

Portugal v Germany             FSWE     Tues., 6/27/00    11 PM
                               FSW      Tues., 6/27/00     8 PM

Yugoslavia v Spain             FSWE     Wed., 6/28/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Wed., 6/28/00      8 PM

Slovenia v Norway              FSWE     Wed., 6/28/00     11 PM
                               FSW      Wed., 6/28/00     11 PM

France v Netherlands           FSWE     Thurs., 6/29/00    8 PM
                               FSW      Thurs., 6/29/00    8 PM

Denmark v Czech Republic       FSWE     Thurs., 6/29/00   11 PM
                               FSW      Thurs., 6/29/00   11 PM

Quarterfinal 1                 FSWE     Sat., 7/1/00       8 PM
                               FSW      Sat., 7/1/00       5 PM

Quarterfinal 2                 FSWE     Sat., 7/1/00      11 PM
                               FSW      Sat., 7/1/00       8 PM

Quarterfinal 4                 FSWE     Tues., 7/4/00      8 PM
                               FSW      Sun., 7/2/00       8 PM

Semi Final 1                   FSWE     Wed., 7/5/00       8 PM
                               FSW      Wed., 7/5/00       8 PM

Semi Final 2                   FSWE     Thurs., 7/6/00     8 PM
                               FSW      Thurs., 7/6/00     8 PM

FINAL                          FSWE     Sun., 7/9/00       1 PM
                               FSW      Sun., 7/9/00       2 PM

FSW -- FOX Sports World
FSW -- FOX Sports World Espanol

(a) Schedule subject to change.
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