The following is a listing of pre-season club friendlies this summer in the US and Canada. Other matches including Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United are also included here: TV Schedules will be made available on day of match.

Saturday, July 18
Seattle Sounders v Chelsea
Malaysian Select XI v Manchester United, Kuala Lumpur

Sunday, July 19
Club America vs. Inter Milan
Stanford Stadium
Palo Alto, California
1 pm EST
Rapid Vienna v Liverpool
Monday, July 20
Indonesia All Star v Manchester United
Ventura County Fusion v Burnley, Los Angeles, California

Tuesday, July 21
Chelsea FC vs. Inter Milan
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
5 pm EST

Wednesday, July 22
AC Milan vs. Club America
Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
7 pm EST

Thailand national team v Liverpool, Bangkok, Thailand
TBA: Burnley, Los Angeles, California

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PFC International will show this Saturday, March 13, for the Brazilian community abroad, the friendly match ”Figo All Stars”, a farewell of the Portuguese player, best in the world in 2001, bringing together a great team in Geneva .

In the field, stars such as Ibrahimovic, Seedorf, Chivu, and the Portuguese Pauleta, Maniche, Sá Pinto, Fernando Couto, Miguel Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Bruno Alves and Dimas. PFCI is present in the United States , Canada , France , Canada , Nigeria , Mozambique , Angola , Trinidad and Tobago , Uruguay and Chile .

Visit http://www.livesoccertv.com/livefooty.html for the Live Soccer Schedule published weekly including the FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 TV Schedule

ESPN and ESPN2 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Television Commentators
Lead U.S. and MLS Booth Team Joins UEFA Champions League Commentators
Rece Davis Returns as Studio Host with Alexi Lalas as Analyst

A trio of talented commentator teams will call all 16 matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup from South Africa June 14-28 on ESPN and ESPN2.  The quadrennial tournament will be presented in high definition when the champions of each of the six FIFA confederations - CONCACAF (USA), UEFA (Spain), CAF (Egypt), CONMEBOL (Brazil), AFC (Iraq) and OFC (New Zealand) - and the upcoming host country (South Africa) and past winner of the FIFA World Cup (Italy) compete against one another one-year leading up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  All the match and studio commentaries will be from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters.  The commentator teams:

Headlined by FIFA Confederations Cup, June 14-28
and CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA Saturday, June 20

CBC is heading to soccer pitches across the globe and throughout Canada in June with extensive coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup, June 14 to 28, and CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA, Saturday, June 20.

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FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP AND
CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA 2009
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(schedule subject to change)

CBC Television

Sunday, June 14          2 p.m. ET LIVE           FIFA Confederations Cup – New Zealand vs. Spain

Monday, June 15         12 midnight Local        FIFA Confederations Cup – USA vs. Italy

Thursday, June 18       12 midnight Local        FIFA Confederations Cup – USA vs. Brazil

Saturday, June 20        12 noon ET LIVE        CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA
1:30 p.m. ET LIVE      CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA: Vancouver Whitecaps at
Montreal Impact
3:30 p.m. ET                FIFA Confederations Cup – Spain vs. South Africa

Sunday, June 21          2 p.m. ET LIVE           FIFA Confederations Cup – Italy vs. Brazil
12:30 a.m. Local          CBC Sports Late Night - FIFA Confederations Cup – Italy vs. Brazil

Wednesday, June 24    12 midnight Local        FIFA Confederations Cup – Semifinal One

Thursday, June 25       12 midnight Local        FIFA Confederations Cup – Semifinal Two

Sunday, June 28          2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup – Gold Medal Final

12:30 a.m. Local          CBC Sports Late Night - FIFA Confederations Cup – Gold Medal Final

CBCSports.ca

Sunday, June 14          9:30 a.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup –South Africa vs. Iraq
2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup – New Zealand vs. Spain

Monday, June 15         9:30 a.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Brazil vs. Egypt
2:25 p.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – USA vs. Italy

Wednesday, June 17    9:30 a.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup –Spain vs. Iraq
2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup –South Africa vs. New Zealand

Thursday, June 18       9:55 a.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup –USA vs. Brazil
2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup –Egypt vs. Italy

Saturday, June 20        12 noon ET Live          CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA
1:30 p.m. ET Live        CBC’S SOCCER DAY IN CANADA: Vancouver Whitecaps at
Montreal Impact
2:15 p.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Iraq vs. New Zealand
3:30 p.m. ET                FIFA Confederations Cup –Spain vs. South Africa

Sunday, June 21          2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup – Italy vs. Brazil
2:15 p.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Egypt vs. USA

Wednesday, June 24    2:25 p.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Semifinal One

Thursday, June 25       2:25 p.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Semifinal Two

Sunday, June 28          8:30 a.m. ET Live        FIFA Confederations Cup – Bronze Medal Final
2 p.m. ET Live             FIFA Confederations Cup – Gold Medal Final

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Sunday, June 14          7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –New Zealand vs. Spain

Monday, June 15         2:25 p.m. ET LIVE      FIFA Confederations Cup –USA vs. Italy
7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –USA vs. Italy

Thursday, June 18       9:55 a.m. ET LIVE      FIFA Confederations Cup –USA vs. Brazil
7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –USA vs. Brazil

Saturday, June 20        7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup -Spain vs. South Africa

Sunday, June 21          7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –Italy vs. Brazil

Wednesday, June 24    2:25 p.m. ET LIVE      FIFA Confederations Cup –Semifinal One
8 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –Semifinal One

Thursday, June 25       2:25 p.m. ET LIVE      FIFA Confederations Cup –Semifinal Two
7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –Semifinal Two

Sunday, June 28          7 p.m. ET                     FIFA Confederations Cup –Gold Medal Final

UK pay-television sports broadcaster Setanta underwent emergency talks yesterday to refinance the business and save it from administration, according to a source close to the company.

The group is a privately-backed company whose shareholders include its management team and investors. The source was keen to emphasise that the business was not in administration.

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TORONTO (June 10, 2009) – Toronto FC look to keep pace in the East when they host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, June 13 at 8 p.m. (ET) on Rogers Sportsnet Ontario.

Gerry Dobson will handle the play-by-play from BMO Field in Toronto, while former Canadian goalkeeper Craig Forrest provides the analysis.

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Eurodata TV Worldwide and TV Sports Markets survey shows that the UEFA Champions League is must-have content for commercial free-to-air broadcasters across Europe.

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The football stadium in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth has been the first newly-built 2010 World Cup ground to be officially opened, a year before the start of the tournament in South Africa.

The 48,000-seater Nelson Mandela Bay stadium will host eight games at the World Cup, including a quarter final and the third/fourth place play-off. The new ground will also be used to host the touring British and Irish Lions rugby team against a local Southern Kings Invitational side.

“For us today’s first opening of a newly-built 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium is a huge boost. It demonstrates the capacity of SA’s (South Africa) construction industry and our commitment to deliver on all our 2010 FIFA World Cup promises,” said chief executive of the organising committee Danny Jordaan.

The 2010 curtain-raiser Confederations Cup starts next Sunday at four refurbished stadiums in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Rustenburg.

Jordaan added that the five additional new stadiums that will also be used in the World Cup were “shaping up nicely” to be ready ahead of 2010.