[SOCCER ON THE AIR] One World Sports will begin its exclusive coverage of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia on Jan. 9 when the host Socceroos meet Kuwait. Thenetwork’s coverage of the 32-match tournament will air live from five venues throughout Australia and conclude on Jan. 31 with the final from Sydney. Coverage will […]
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Philadelphia is the place to be
[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: Jan. 13-19] One of the busiest weeks in U.S. soccer will have lots of folks scurrying to Philadelphia for the NSCAA Convention, site of theMLS and NWSL drafts. The week begins with the Ballon d’Or ceremonies on Monday and ends with Chelsea-Manchester United on Sunday. MONDAY, Jan. 13— Toronto FC is […]
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Mexico-USA draws almost 7 million TV viewers
By Paul Kennedy The Mexico-USA match drew an average of almost 7 million viewers on ESPN and UniMas, where it set a viewing record. The 2.39 million viewers on ESPN was the largest television audience for a World Cup qualifier on an ESPN network, according to Nielsen Media. The Mexico-USA rating ranked second amongadults 18-49 […]
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EPL viewing up 71 percent for season finale
By Paul Kennedy A total of 1,348,000 viewers — 992,000 for English-language coverage and 356,000 for Spanish-language coverage — tuned in for the U.S. televisioncoverage of the final day of the English Premier League season, a jump of 72 percent over 2011 final day viewing. All 10 games aired live on seven English-languagenetworks, two Spanish-language […]
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Qatar's organizational abilities questioned
The 2022 World Cup is still 11 years away, and so the few problems that arose as Qatar hosted the 2011 Asian Cup the past three weeks are far from dire. Nonetheless, questions will persist aboutwhether the World Cup should be staged during the winter rather than in the searing summer heat, and how a […]
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Japan prevails with fantastic effort
[ASIAN CUP] Substitute Tadanari Lee‘s spectacular volley in overtime edged Japan past Australia, 1-0, in the Asian Cupfinal Saturday night in Doha, Qatar. Deprived of dynamic striker Shinji Kagawa, who suffered a broken foot in Japan’s semifinal shootout win SouthKorea, the Japanese fended off numerous Australian attacks before Yuto Nagatomo launched a cross from near […]
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Japan and Australia advance to final
[ASIAN CUP] Japan and Australia will meet in Friday’s final at the Asian Cup after winning Tuesday’s semifinals. Their paths could not have been more opposite.Japan needed a shootout to dispose of South Korea after their match ended 2-2 when its archrival equalized in the 120th minute, while Australia crushed Uzbekistan, 6-0. The Japan-SouthKorea thriller […]
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South Korea-Japan, Australia-Uzbekistan semifinals on tap
[ASIAN CUP] Yoon Bit-Garam‘s overtime goal gave South Korea a 1-0 win over Iran and moved it into Tuesday’s semifinalsof the Asian Cup against archrival Japan. Australia’s Socceroos also needed an overtime goal, from Harry Kewell, to dispose of defending champion Iraq, 1-0, onSaturday and move into the final four against Uzbekistan. South Korea’s win […]
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Qatar 2011 winners & losers
[ASIAN CUP] As the the lone national team competition of the winter and the first competition hosted by Qatar since it was awarded the 2022 World Cup, the 2011Asian Cup has been in the international spotlight. As it moves into the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday, here’s a look at the winners and losers so […]
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Iraq completes quarterfinal field
[ASIAN CUP] Defending champion Iraq beat North Korea, 1-0, to finish second in Group D behind neighbor Iran and complete the quarterfinal field at the Asian Cupin Qatar. Iraq needed only a tie to advance to the quarterfinals against Australia but won thanks Kerrar Jasim’s goal in the 22nd minute. “Our happiness is limited now, […]