Fox Sports en Espanol Announces Exclusive Spanish-Language Coverage of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup

Fox Sports en Espanol Announces Exclusive Spanish-Language Coverage of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Spanish-language coverage of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup begins on Wednesday, December 9th at 12:30pm ET with the preliminary match between Al Ahli (UAE) and Auckland City FC (NZL). The contest continues through Saturday, December 19th with the Championship Final airing on Fox Sports en Espanol at 11:00am ET.

FIFA Club World Cup is the competition between the leading clubs from all six continental confederations. Since 2007, the champions of Oceania have played a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host country. In 2008, Manchester United (ENG) won its first FIFA Club World Cup by defeating first time participants and finalists, LDU Quito, (ECU) by 1-0.

In 2009, the event will be hosted outside of Japan for the first time ever as it travels to United Arab Emirates "Abu Dhabi".

   WHEN:         DAY       DATE    AIRTIME (ET)                   MATCH   Wednesday 12/09/2009    12:30 PM  PRELIMINARY - Al Ahli FCD (UAE) v                                     Auckland City FC (NZL)     Friday  12/11/2009    11:00 AM  QUARTER FINAL - TP Mazembe (COD) v                                     Pohang Steelers FC (KOR)   Saturday  12/12/2009    11:00 AM  QUARTER FINAL - Winner Game 1 v                                      Atlante FC (MEX)    Tuesday  12/15/2009    11:00 AM  SEMI FINAL - Winner Game 2 v                                     Estudiantes LP (ARG)   Wednesday 12/16/2009    8:00 AM   FIFTH PLACE MATCH - Loser Game 2 v                                     Loser Game 3   Wednesday 12/16/2009    11:00 AM  SEMI FINAL - Winner Game 3 v                                     FC Barcelona (ESP)   Saturday  12/19/2009    8:00 AM   THIRD PLACE MATCH - Loser Game 4 v                                     Loser Game 5   Saturday  12/19/2009    11:00 AM  FINAL - Winner Game 4 v Winner Game 5     *For a complete telecast schedule, visit www.fifa.com.    WHERE:  Fox Sports en Espanol    ABOUT FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL   

Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox Sports en Espanol is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the Major League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American League Championship Series and World Series; championship boxing and UFC® and mixed-martial arts across four compelling media platforms. With more than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming, a robust web site brimming with streaming video and portable content from FSE Movil, we are and will continue to be the first name in the U.S. Hispanic sports space.

Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWS) (NASDAQ:NWSA) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.

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Source: Fox Sports en Espanol

CONTACT: Jennifer Serna, Fox Sports en Espanol, +1-310-444-8736,
jennifer.serna@fox.com; or Melissa Carrion, The Jeffrey Group, +1-212-620-4100
ext. 313, mcarrion@jeffreygroup.com

Web Site: http://www.fifa.com/

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