After closing the first of its kind deal in Europe, Globo TV Sports, the sports distributor of TV Globo and the leading distributor of Brazilian sports, has conquered the North American market in partnership with Media Zone, a company specializing in Online Broadcasts. The deal, covering Internet and mobile phone media, includes the live transmission of the 82 games from the Brazilian Magic Football package of 2008 and 46 editions of FootBrazil, a weekly program about Brazilian football.

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GOLTV Match Schedule – March 1-7, 2008

TORONTO, February 28, 2008 – Below is a list of soccer matches that will air live or on tape delay on GOLTV from March 1-7, 2008.

Among this week’s highlights include:

A total of three LIVE La Liga (Spain) matches highlighted by a simultaneous duplex broadcast featuring Recreativo vs. league-leading Real Madrid and Atl. Madrid vs. second-ranked Barcelona on Saturday, March 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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Premier League chief executive Richard Scudmore had planned to go Zurich this week to champion the merits of the ‘39th game’ vision. But in a statement the Premier League said: “We will conduct further internal studies and consultation before seeking the advice of Fifa.”

FIFA said it was happy with the Premier League’s decision to conduct further internal studies before meeting.

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Barcelona and Real Madrid are Europe’s two most popular football clubs according to a new survey from SPORT+MARKT.

SPORT+MARKT surveyed around 9,600 football fans in 16 European markets with an average of 600 respondents per country, and found that Barcelona had the most fans with 50.3 million, followed by Real Madrid with 45.9 million. Manchester United (32.8 million) and Arsenal (22.9 million) make up third and fourth places.

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ESPN Acquires Exclusive Spanish-language Telecast Rights to 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying

Deal Provides Exclusive Spanish-language Rights for ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com
Tournament to Showcase Young International Talent On Road to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

ESPN and CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) have reached an agreement for rights in the U.S. to 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying , it was announced today. The agreement makes ESPN Deportes, the company’s Spanish-language network, the exclusive television home of the qualifying tournament’s 2008 edition. In addition to the television rights, the agreement also includes U.S. broadband rights for ESPN360.com, the company’s signature broadband sports network. The 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament will crown the Confederation’s champion and serve as a qualifier to the Men’s Football Tournament to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Missed the live action this weekend?

Check out the video highlights of for Saturday’s:

http://www.livesoccertv.com/fixture-2008-02-23.php

and Sunday’s matches:

http://www.livesoccertv.com/fixture-2008-02-24.php

Look out for the “View Video Highlights” for available video links.

See highlights of the:

Newcastle vs Manchester United

Birmingham vs Arsenal

Chelsea vs Tottenham - Carling Cup Final

Check daily schedules for other video highlights.

Enjoy!

“The tackle was horrendous and this guy (Taylor) should never play football again,” Wenger told BBC television.

“I’ve seen some bad ones before but you are not always punished with a broken leg.

“The minimum is that the season is over and we’re scared it is much longer.”

Wenger later issued a statement saying his initial comments about Taylor had been “excessive” while the club also said the striker had undergone surgery and was resting.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish said Taylor was very upset about the injury.

“He’s absolutely distraught, he’s not that type of player,” he told Sky Sports television. “He didn’t feel he made that much contact with Eduardo.”

See below for a graphic slow-motion viddeo of the Arsenal & Croatian (brazilian) striker Eduardo’s horrific leg break at St. Andrew’s Stadium suffered following a tackle by Birmingham City’s Martin Taylor only 3 minutes into the game.

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If you missed the matches, check out all the goals from the:

UEFA Cup - Thursday Action 

Look out for matches with the “View Video Highlights” comment.

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) invited marketing agencies to bid for the international rights for Ligue 1 over the next four seasons, from 2008-09 to 2011-12.

All interested agencies must contact the LFP, before the deadline of March 1, with a signed letter stating their interest.

The league agreed deals worth a total €668 million a year over four years with French pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and mobile operator Orange for its domestic rights.