Soccer to take centre stage on ESPN Star Sports

Soccer to take centre stage on ESPN Star Sports

FIFA

ESPN Star Sports, which already boasts of a stellar football-programming that includes the English Premier League, the Spanish Primera Liga, the UEFA Champion’s League, the UEFA Cup, the FA Football Package and the Asian Football Confederation Package, has added the 2006 FIFA World Cup too in its kitty for the Indian sub-continent, the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 and Brazillian soccer.

Soccer action from the best of leagues on ESPN Star Sports is supported by a line up of interesting feature programming on EPL covering predictions, highlights, news and information, as well as pre and post game analysis, including Here We Go, Tiger First Edition, Football Forecast, Premiership Saturday, Super Sunday, Football Extra, Football Focus, Goals, Football Crazy, Football Up Close and the football magazine show produced out of India - Football Locker Room.

ESPN Star Sports has also taken its football coverage to a whole new level with the addition of one of England’s best-loved and well respected coaches, Sir Bobby Robson to its team of presenters on the FA Cup and English Premier League matches this season. Sir Robson joins regular hosts John Dykes and Andrew Leci in Singapore, in expert commentary and discussions during live matches, and pre- and post-game programs.

Schedule of the matches this weekend:

FA Cup

 

Fixture

Time

Channel

12 March


Bolton Wanderers Vs Arsenal (L)

ESPN

12 March


Southampton Vs
Manchester
United (L)

ESPN

13 March


Blackburn Rovers Vs
Leicester City (L)

ESPN

13 March


Newcastle
United Vs Tottenham Hotspur (L)

ESPN

Spanish Primera Liga

Date

Fixture

Time

Channel

13 March


Barcelona
Vs Athletic Club
Bilbao
(S)

Star Sports

14 March


Getafe
Vs Real
Madrid
(S)

1:30 am

Star Sports

Paulista Championship

Date

Fixture

Time

Channel

14 March

Santos FC Vs U Barbarense (L)

ESPN