UK fans will be playing especially close attention to the UEFA EURO 2012 this June as England is in the tournament in Group D with Co-Hosts Ukraine, Sweden and France.
The Euro 2012 will be broadcast LIVE on ITV and BBC. STV will be broadcasting the EURO 2012 in Scotland.
All 31 matches will be broadcast live across both English networks BBC and ITV, as well as on their online and mobile platforms. Both channels will air the final live on July 1st. BBC will broadcast the first and fourth quarter-finals, whereas ITV will broadcast the second and third quarter-final matches. Both semi-finals will be aired exclusively on the BBC.
A daily EURO 2012 programme will provide highlights of the event at the end of each matchday which will air on both ITV and the BBC.
The much anticipated UEFA Euro 2012 event which takes place in Poland and Ukraine between June 8th and July 1st, 2012 is only a few weeks away. Canadian soccer fans will have access to extensive coverage of the event in live English, French, Spanish and Italian language broadcasts. All games will be broadcast in French and English as well as 15 live matches in Spanish and Italian.
The Match kick-off times will be at 12:00 Noon and 2:45 PM (Eastern Standard Time). These kick-off times will give the working crowd a chance to slip away from the office for an extended lunch to watch the EURO 2012 live action.
All the matches will be available across Canada in English and French, Spanish and Italian language. The event is sure to draw a large muti-cultural viewing audience.
TSN will be showing all the live Euro 2012 matches in English-language on TSN and TSN 2. French-language live broadcasts of all matches will be made on RDS and RDS 2. TLN has sub-licensed the Spanish-language media rights for Canada from ESPN Inc. Mediaset Italia will be airing the live Euro 2012 matches in Italian-language.
The European Championship - UEFA Euro 2012 is arguably one of the biggest and toughest National team soccer tournaments in the World. The event occurs every four years alternating on even numbered years with the FIFA World Cup. This year, the massive event will take place in Poland and Ukraine who will co-host the event. Euro 2012 kicks off on June 8th and runs until July 1st.
In the United States the Television rights have been awarded to ESPN. ESPN will show every match LIVE in both English and Spanish on their family of television sports channels. Specifically, the Spanish Language broadcasts will air on ESPN Deportes. The english language broadcasts will air on ESPN AND ESPN2.
In all, ESPN family of channels will combine to televise over 200 hours of live exclusive coverage of the UEFA EURO 2012. All the 31 matches will be available live and in high definition on US Television. In addition, ESPN will offer additional coverage US viewers and listeners on the other ESPN multip-platform channels: ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Mobile TV.
Euro 2012 online in the USA
ESPN will offer all 31 matches live on it's broaband channel ESPN3 in both English and Spanish. Subscribers will be able to view all matches on-demand and in replay. ESPN will offer soccer subscribers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV access to all matches on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 via WatchESPN. Access will be available on tablets via the WatchESPN app.
UEFA Champions League semis on April 17 and April 18, 2012
The stage in midweek belongs to Europe’s best teams. In the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and Bayern Munich will battle for tickets to the Grand Finale on May 19.
At the Allianz Arena in Munich, German contenders Bayern will host La Liga leaders Real Madrid. Both teams have not conquered Europe during the last 10 years. This season presents a chance for them to try their luck again.
In 2010, Bayern Munich came second-best behind Internazionale, then coached by Jose Mourinho. The latter has given his team the edge over Bayern ahead of this crucial UEFA Champions League semi-final tie.
We now know the identify of the eight South American nations that have reach the Quarter-finals. Most were expected to reach this level, however no one expected Brazil and Argentina to be sweating it until the last match for play-off qualification.
FIFA Women's World Cup Final will take place on Sunday at 2:45PM EST LIVE from Germany.
The Semi-finals for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup kick-off in a few hours. The USA will face tough competition with France in their 12:00 EST Semi-final. Later this afternoon at 2:45pm EST, Japan will face Sweden in the other Semi-Final.
Chile and Mexico are arguably two of the most attack-minded Latin American football nations. They face each other in the second Copa America 2011 match of Group C. The Group is comprised of Chile and Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
The 2010-11 Copa Del Rey Final - Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2011
After 18 long waiting years, Real Madrid will once again challenge for the Copa del Rey Trophy. Winning the first trophy with a new club is best done as soon as possible so the team can get used to winning ways and silverware. This is a well known strategy Jose Mourinho has now successfully achieved with former clubs FC Porto, Chelsea FC and Inter Milan.
This year, Jose Mourinho has found a formidable opponent who stand in his way of all available silverware, not just the Copa Del Rey. Madrid will face Barcelona for the 2nd time in less than a week, but this time it´s not just about avoiding humiliation, there is alot more at stake here. The outcome of the Copa Del Rey Final will set the tone for 2 more Clasicos as both clubs have a date with destiny in the Champions League Semi-final.
Spain vs Portugal - The Iberian Derby

The most western situated European nations battle it out today in the Round-of-16. Tensions will be high in both camps as they face a grueling task of overcoming their iberian neighbours.
The match kicks off at 2:30 pm eastern time.
Watch Spain vs Portugal live in the USA on:
ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Deportes (HD), ESPN (HD), ESPN Radio, Univision Futbol (HD), ESPN3.com USA, Futbol de Primera Radio, Univision (HD)
Watch Portugal vs Spain live in Portugal on: RTP Radio Televisao Portuguesa (HD)
Watch Spain vs Portugal in Spain: TeleCinco Espana (HD)
Maradona vs Mexico
Diego Maradona will be pumping up his Argentinian squad for their Round-of-16 match up with Aguirre's Mexico. Both teams are feeling confident as they can arguably be defined as the best national squads assembled possibly ever. Add to this positive showings thus far and the opportunity for the Mexicans to seek revenge in their last world cup 2006 match where they lost 2-1 to Argentina. It will certainly be a spicy latin affair. You can expect that both teams will go for the jugular.
View Argentina-Mexico 2006 Video Highlights here:
The second match of Sunday brings us the Argentina vs Mexico clash (2D vs 1C). To read a match preview of the Argentina vs Mexico match visit the Mexico-Argentina 2010 Match page. You can get all the tv listings as well as the official online streaming channels for the Argentina vs Mexico live match.
England vs USA - World Cup Match - TV Schedules
This will be the match to beat all the Sporting Event Broadcast records. The popularity and appeal of the English Premier League has made England a fan favorite in International tournaments. However the growth of Soccer in the USA can no longer be ignored. The USA offers the best live soccer broadcasting access to the best soccer in the world. This increase in soccer broadcasting has given fuel to the following of the beautiful game in the USA. With potentially over 300 Million viewers in the USA and England, the rating for this game will be off the charts. The FIFA 2010 World Cup will have an unprecedented global television viewing which will become the most viewed sporting event ever in the history of Sports broadcasting.
This world cup will have an unprecdented global reach and online and television viewing making it the biggest of any sporting event ever in the history of Sports broadcasting.
If you are in the USA you can Uruguay vs France live on the following channels
ESPN (HD)
Univision (Spanish Language - HD)
ESPN Deportes (Portuguese Language HD)
ESPN Radio
Futbol de Primera Radio
Univision Futbol (Online)
ESPN3 (Online).
Visit the Uruguay vs France world cup match for all the details.
The opening Match will take place in the 91,000 seat Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa at 4pm Local time. For the millions of fans on the Eastern coast of the US this will mean a 10AM NY time kick-off.
The game will have an unprecdented global viewing which will comprise ofthe most extensive global telecast of any sporting event ever in the history of Sports broadcasting.
At 9:30AM the magic of the World Cup will enter millions of living rooms across the globe as...
The following world cup matches will be broadcast live in 3D around the globe. Please view our world cup channels for a listing of the 3D channels in your country. You may be able to enjoy the World Cup 3D experience best in the Cinema - IMAX 3D.
All 64 matches will be produced and delivered in HD by the Host Broadcaster in South Africa. Full HD coverage will be available in each country where the rights-holding broadcaster provides a HD channel. Sony (FIFA Official Partner) will enable 3D broadcast of 25 of the 64 games in cooperation with Fifa. Audience expected to be limited to a few hundred thousand per match, given limited number of consumers with 3D-enabled sets. 3D broadcasts will be available only in territories where the broadcast rights have been established and as well for public-viewing events to publicize the World Cup to maximum number of users.
Fifa, Sony and its service provider production partners (HBS, Telegenic and AMP Visual TV) cannot film more than 25 games because of logistics of moving production facilities across South Africa. They are limited to two complete 3D OB units visiting five venues in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The restriction means that only three of the quarter-finals will be produced in 3D. There will be eight 3D camera positions at these matches. All 64 matches will be produced and delivered in HD.
GOAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!! There are less than 3 months to go before Canadians are treated to complete and unprecedented coverage of the world’s game, the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. From June 11 through July 11, CBC Television, Radio-Canada Télévision, CBC’s digital channel bold, CBCSports.ca and Radio-Canada.ca will broadcast more than 1000 total combined hours of the highly anticipated tournament in English and French, ensuring that Canadians will not miss a moment of the excitement from start to finish.
Host nation South Africa will kick off the tournament against Mexico on Friday, June 11 following the Opening Ceremony. The reigning FIFA World Cup™ champions, Italy, will make their tournament debut against Paraguay on Monday June 14. On July 10 CBC will celebrate the grassroots and diversity of the beautiful game at home with Popsicle Soccer Day in Canada beginning at noon ET, honouring Canada’s rich history with the game of soccer. Fans will also be treated to MLS on CBC action during soccer day, as Toronto FC plays host to the Colorado Rapids. The month long tournament will culminate with the final match in Johannesburg on July 11, followed by the trophy presentation to crown the world’s soccer champions.
HOME OF THE WORLD’S GAME! HUGE SEASON OF SOCCER ON CBC BEGINS WITH FOURTH SEASON OF MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WITH TORONTO FC ON APRIL 25
CBC, home of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, kicks off an action-packed soccer season when Major League Soccer on CBC raises the curtain on its fourth season. Toronto FC takes the newly refurbished all-grass pitch at BMO Field against Seattle on Sunday, April 25 at 2 p.m. ET on CBC, bold and CBCSports.ca. Lead by captain Jim Brennan, Toronto FC look to become playoff contenders for the first time in team history.
CBC will continue to feature the stars of MLS to fans throughout the season, along with special features on the Vancouver Whitecaps, currently of the North American Soccer League who will join MLS next year. Canada’s second franchise will play out of a refurbished BC Place, bringing even more Canadian stories to North America's top-flight league.
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