Fox Sports World Renews Three-Year Pact for Televised Rights to the English Premier League; Fox Sports World Espanol To Receive Spanish-Language Broadcast Rights.Sports Editors/Soccer Writers & Columnists NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--March 1, 2001 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. announced today that it has renewed its three-year agreement for televised broadcast rights to the English Premier League, one of the world's foremost soccer franchises. The season-long telecast rights will extend throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. The broadcast schedule for the forthcoming telecasts include Monday, Saturday and some mid-week matches. The agreement includes Spanish-language broadcast rights for Fox Sports World Espanol. The English Premier League's 20-team roster competes throughout a 38-game season that runs from August through May, each year. Longstanding traditional favorites include Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. The league boasts one of the most impressive line-ups of talent that includes English star players like David Beckham, Andy Cole, Tony Adams and Michael Owen, who are flanked alongside international luminaries like Dwight Yorke (Tobago), Silvinho (Brazil), Fabien Barthez (France) and Paolo Di Canio Paolo Di Canio (born July 9, 1968) is an Italian football player who currently plays for Italian Serie C2 club Cisco Roma. Biography and career Paolo Di Canio was born in Rome, in the district of Quarticciolo. (Italy). "The popularity of the English Premier League has made this soccer franchise a coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. acquisition for Fox Sports World. For the fans, it means a guaranteed quality soccer event, every week," affirmed Larry Gillman, General Manager of Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Espanol. The English Premier League made its debut on Fox Sports World in August 1998. The league's history of fervent competition and reverent rev·er·ent adj. Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rever global appeal has made it one of Fox Sports World's primary focal events for ardent fans across the country. In addition to the English Premier League, Fox Sports World offers continuous coverage of championship soccer from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Argentina, the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup, the Worthington Cup, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer. and many 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. The network also presents year-round championship rugby, cricket and international sports news. Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Espanol are available through affiliated cable and satellite providers across the United States. Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Espanol are both affiliated with 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. , a venture between News Corporation Ltd. and Liberty Media Corporation. Visit Fox Sports World online at www.foxsportsworld.com and Fox Sports World Espanol at www.fswe.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.030101/bb6 |
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