CONCACAF GOLD CUP COMMENCES NEXT WEEK ON GOLTV

The ninth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup kicks off next week with the first game between Guadeloupe and Haiti airing LIVE Wednesday June 6 at 9:00 pm EST. In the history of the Gold Cup, Canada has been the only nation to break the Unites States – Mexico monopoly so make sure to tune in Thursday at 7 pm to see if the Canucks can get on track to make the tournament’s power base a triad rather than a twosome by beating Costa Rica in the first round.

The action continues Thursday night LIVE at 9 pm as USA and Guatemala meet on the pitch at the Home Depot Centre in Carson , CA . This will be their first Gold Cup fixture in 11 years and with the US holding an 18-0-1 record in Gold Cup play, they should have no trouble navigating through Group B to the quarterfinals and beyond. (Read full article…)

24/7 All-Soccer Network Gives Canadian Fans Access To All Tournament Games

TORONTO – It’s a golden goal for Canadian soccer fans. GOLTV announced today complete and comprehensive coverage of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting June 6.

In an unprecedented deal for the all-soccer network and fans nationwide, GOLTV will air all 25 games of the tournament featuring the best men’s national sides from North and Central America . (Read full article…)

Deloitte’s latest Annual Review of Football Finance reports that the Premier League, the richest football league in the world, is going to get even richer next year.

The review reveals that whilst the changes to the Premier League clubs’ financial results over the past three seasons have been fairly minimal, the combination of increases in revenue and reasonable wage cost control should see operating profits almost double to £260m in the 2007/08 season.

The 16th Annual Review of Football Finance also confirmed that the Premier League clubs remain by far the biggest earners in world football, with the top 20 clubs generating around £1.4 billion in turnover. (Read full article…)

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LA PAZ, Bolivia - La Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (FBF) analizó con las de Colombia y Ecuador no asistir a la próxima Copa América de Venezuela en protesta por la decisión de la FIFA de vetar los partidos por encima de los 2.500 metros de altitud, reveló un dirigente boliviano.

“Esa postura la hemos manejado con Colombia y Ecuador. La hemos tocado. En su momento inclusive dijimos que si Venezuela no nos apoya (…), no vayamos a la Copa América”, dijo el vicepresidente de la FBF, Mauricio Méndez, en declaraciones a radio Panamericana, efectuadas desde Zúrich. (Read full article…)

TLN TELEVISION PARTNERS WITH CBC/RADIO-CANADA ON WINNING BID TO BROADCAST ALL MAJOR FIFA INTERNATIONAL SOCCER TOURNAMENTS THROUGH 2014

As a result of the recent announcement by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) that CBC/Radio-Canada made the winning Canadian bid for a comprehensive soccer programming package from 2007 through 2014, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, TLN Television (Telelatino), under a broadcast partnership agreement with CBC, has secured rights in multiple languages to all of the 32 tournaments forming part of this FIFA rights package. (Read full article…)

FIFA U-20 World Cup - begins Saturday, June 30 at 2 p.m. ET
It’s a soccer fan’s dream! CBC’s extensive broadcast schedule for FIFA U-20 World Cup-the second largest event staged by FIFA after the FIFA World Cup-features a 52-game schedule and more than 220 total hours of action-packed coverage. CBC Television kicks off coverage of this prestigious 24-team tournament, taking place across Canada, Saturday, June 30 at 2 p.m. ET with live coverage of four-time FIFA U-20 World Cup-winners Brazil taking on Poland at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.

CBC is thrilled to present coverage of Toronto FC’s inaugural season to Canadian soccer fans nationwide. This year, CBC Television broadcasts a package of 14 regular season Toronto FC games. Craig Forrest, former Canadian national team goalkeeper, provides analysis of the matches alongside veteran play-by-play commentator Nigel Reed. Mitch Peacock, one of the most knowledgeable Major League Soccer commentators in Canada, reports from the sidelines and hosts feature stories during CBC’s MLS telecasts.

Zurich, 25 May 2007 - With the world’s premier competition in men’s youth football due to begin in Canada in late June, FIFA is pleased to announce that it has signed up four National Supporters for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007. The four companies will play a key role in promoting the event throughout Canada and in engaging the local population in what will be the country’s largest single-sport event to date.

Second only in size and scope to the FIFA World Cup™, the 52-game, 24-team FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 is sponsored on a global basis by FIFA’s top-tier partners adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates airline, Hyundai and Sony. The diversity of the local sponsors - from the sectors of insurance, telecommunications, frozen fruits and vegetables to home fashions and furnishings stores - is a ringing endorsement of the event’s appeal as a fully integrated national marketing platform. (Read full article…)

Milan’s Champions League triumph is sweet, sweet revenge says Hasan Saiyid
In football, more than other sports, rivalries are particularly intense.
What would Spanish football be without the enmity between Real Madrid and Barcelona,
or Scottish football without the mutual sectarian loathing between Celtic and
Rangers? Perhaps insipid fare with even more infuriating platitudes in press
conferences.
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CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is proud to announce that for the second Gold Cup in succession the Confederation will be working with Fútbol Mundial magazine to produce the Official Program of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

“We are delighted to be working with Fútbol Mundial magazine on the Official Program of the Gold Cup. In 2005, the free program was hugely popular with the hundreds of thousands of fans that attended Gold Cup games and we’re sure it will be just as popular in 2007,”
said CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer.

“The Gold Cup is the premier competition for national sides from the CONCACAF region and we are honored and excited to be associated with the tournament again,” said Publisher and Founder of Fútbol Mundial magazine, Félix Sención.