If you are a yearly subscriber to Setanta Broadband or were looking to Setanta Broadband for live PPV coverage of the Champions League today, you were left extremely disappointed as no games were shown on broadband live. If you were to go to Setanta upcoming soccer fixutres website, you would see this. Click to continue reading...

For the last couple of years, Gol TV has been thought of the third network of soccer in the United States, but over the last couple of months that appears to be changing. Gol TV has updated its network a lot in order to rival Setanta and FSC.
The biggest change for Gol TV has been the updating of their graphics. Click to continue reading...

In this week's episode, Wayne Rooney conducts yet another insightful interview, this time with an insider in the Newcastle takeover situation. Wazza, fresh off scoring a goal in United's 2-0 win over Bolton yesterday, also receives some tactical instruction from Fabio Capello.

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ITV announced last week it had agreed a deal with Setanta to broadcast highlights of all of England's remaining World Cup 2010 away qualifying matches. Highlights of each game will be broadcast on ITV1 from 10.30pm on the evening of the game. The remaining games are against Belarus on 15 October, Kazakhstan on 6 June 2009 [. Click to continue reading...

Despite the addition of new "director of programming" Fabio Capello, The Special One tries to carry on, business as usual. With his staff being rotated, though, a showdown between Mourinho and Capello was always on the cards.

Who won? Stay tuned to find out. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal will be looking to shoot down the white's in a tough looking clash at the Reebok tomorrow afternoon. Gary Megson's side don't have a very good record against Arsene Wenger's boys, and pundits are already writing them off despite Arsenal's draw against Kiev in midweek. Games between the two sides usually create plenty of goals, and [. Click to continue reading...

Trying a new format this week that hopefully won't take me so long next week. Feedback welcome. All times ET; home teams listed first

TOP FIVE GAMES

- Friday, 7 p.m.: Notre Dame-St. John's, CSTV XXL: Top-five men's teams clash in the Big East.

- Friday, 8 p.

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It's been a tough stretch for Manchester United. After going to Liverpool (and losing) and going to Spain (and tying), the past WCR Top 25 Number One Club has to go to London to face the current WCR Top 25 Number One Club, Chelsea. Their challenge is our pleasure, however, as we get to watch the match on Sunday morning. Click to continue reading...

Busy day for me -- some behind-the-scenes work and Friday's story on the Galaxy.

COMING TODAY (all times p.m. ET, home teams listed first)

- UEFA Cup on TV, with a big game for Americans on FSC (all times p.m. ET):

Besiktas-Metalist, 1:30, Setanta
Tottenham-Wisla Krakow, 3, FSC
Napoli-Benfica, 3, Setanta Premium
Lorraine-Motherwell, 3:30, Setanta
Everton-Standard Liege, 5, FSC (delay -- yes, that's Tim Howard vs.

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I know it seems like all I do lately is post these videos, so let me explain.

Here at Mercyhurst, I'm having a hard time being able to find games to watch because I don't have FSC or Setanta. I'm doing the best I can to catch as much action as I can online, but it's not exactly easy. Click to continue reading...

England blasted Croatia 4-1 yesterday in Zagreb in their second World Cup 2010 qualifying game, spurred by a hat trick from Theo Walcott, of all people. It was an impressive victory, to be sure, especially since Croatia hadn't lost in a competitive game on home soil since 1994 and England was missing Steven Gerrard and Owen Hargreaves. Click to continue reading...

The quick drill:

- Roundup of big games (U.S. game obviously separate)

- Live scores at FIFA, where you can also click around for standings

- Wikipedia coverage

- BBC commentary on British Isles teams

- TV: Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV, Setanta, Setanta Premium

Recommended viewing (times ET):

11 a.

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While I took my break last week to get acclimated to my new college, a new "I'm on Setanta Sports" segment was released and I didn't get around to posting it. I'm doing so here and that episode is followed by yesterday's show, the first in a two-part series that will take us through this international break. Click to continue reading...

The game is half over in real time, but Setanta is broadcasting on a little over an hour time delay.

If you're watching on Setanta, leave comments!

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Oh no! Sidney Govou is getting creative with his hair again. I thought that was just a phase. (I consider him wholly responsible for the Fabio Grosso hair debacle at the end of last season for Lyon.)

Here's what's going on with the game today. The game will be live at.

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We're bad. We're worldwide.

We have 50 World Cup qualifiers Saturday, plus a handful Friday and Sunday, as we welcome Europe to the mix and start the last group stage in Asia. We even have a crucial qualifier in Oceania as New Zealand visits New Caledonia. First challenge is figuring out where New Caledonia is.

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Ex-Arsenal midfielder Gilberto feels Robinho will adapt to the Premier League quickly - and the only problem he will face at Manchester City is the language barrier. City boss Mark Hughes arguably pulled off the summers biggest coup on Monday after sealing a big-money deal for the 24-year-old Brazilian. Click to continue reading...

L'équipe has the probable first 11 for France's opening world cup qualifier on Saturday :

Mandanda
Sagna, Mexès, Gallas, Evra
Govou, L. Diarra, Toulalan, Nasri
Benzema, Henry

In North America, Setanta will be showing both of France's upcoming world cup qualifiers on same-day tape delay:

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Here at World Club Rankings, you know what we like – Club Football. Unfortunately, we will not get very much of that this weekend as almost every top domestic league in the world goes into a little hiatus for World Cup 2010 qualifiers. That means that only one club form the most recent WCR Top 25 is in action (Gremio) and the only club matches on television here in the States are MLS matches. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are on the brink of capturing their third South American of the summer with Uruguay international Ignacio Gonzalez en route to Tyneside from Valencia. (setanta)

The midfielder has only just agreed to join the Che from Uruguayan club Danubio but will immediately be loaned to The Magpies for the coming season to join Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez in Kevin Keegan's squad. Click to continue reading...

We are barely a month into the new four year contract that saw England national team matches move from the BBC and Sky to ITV and Setanta, but already Setanta, despite its smaller reach and operation, is playing tough.  The Times Online is reporting that Setanta has yet to reach a deal with any broadcaster [. Click to continue reading...

MLS has seen two players make high profile moves to the British Isles in the current transfer window. Setanta Sports did a write up on 11 other players around MLS that, according to them, could make it over in the British. Wizards defender/midfielder, Michael Harrington made the list.

Here is what Setanta said about Harrington: This zippy full-back is the kind of player that every manager would want in their squad. Click to continue reading...

OUR TEAMS

Everton (1-1-0, 10th in Premier League): Home vs. Portsmouth (10 a.m. ET Saturday, Setanta). Who did Portsmouth annoy to get a schedule that starts with Chelsea, Manchester United and Everton? In any case, Everton picked up Ecuadorian midfielder Segundo Castillo on loan from Red Star Belgrade, but the player they're really chasing is Victor Obinna, last seen with Nigeria at the Olympics.

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On the new season's second episode, Dimitar Berbatov's potential transfer to Manchester United is the hot topic. "The Boy" makes a special appeal to give the Bulgarian striker a home. Rafa and both Keanes -- Robbie and Roy -- all call in to give their takes on the "heartbreaking" plea.

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Saturday morning, 0930: I'm following Newcastle v Bolton on Setanta (HTPC); Spurs v Sunderland on FSC (cable); Liverpool v Boro on Sirius (radio); and Ebbsfleet Utd v Stevanage on BBC Radio Kent (laptop). This is after Charlton v Reading (on Setanta) at 0630. I wonder how much electricity I'm using to do this. Click to continue reading...

Hmm, where to start? *boilk* might be a good place.

Now, let's put that behind us and move on. We have a game against Fulham today and preparation has been far from ideal. With all the internationals this week the manager just had one outfield player to work with, Denilson, and that may see a revolutionary 0-1-0 formation today at Craven Cottage.

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On ESPN soccernet they have shiny new toys for English and German gamecasts. Click on gamecast and then on features and you can see 'Player Heat Maps', diagrammatical representations of the passing moves which led to goal attempts, and each player's average position on the field of play. I have no idea how I'm going to incorporate any of it into my data, but it's terribly pretty all the same. Click to continue reading...

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Setanta/Laurent Picard - "We Are New Chelsea"
"Speaking exclusively to setantasports.com, QPR star Daniel Parejo has described The Championship side as a new Chelsea.
The Spanish youngster, tipped to become a top class player in the future, reckons ma ssive foreign investment from co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag makes of QPR genuine favourites to gain promotion. Click to continue reading...

Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager and Setanta pundit whom I quoted earlier today, rubbed the England gaffer's rhubarb the wrong way with his comments regarding the lacklustre performance versus the Czech's yesterday and primarily with the positioning of a certain Scouser. Now, Mr. Capello responded shortly after saying that he was playing a 4-3-2-1 and said Scouser, Steven Gerrard, was indeed playing behind the striker, along side Master Rooney. Click to continue reading...

Could these two or three extra few signings that we're after be on the way before the window shuts on midnight of 31st August?
According to our friends at Setanta, they could just be. A report from them says Juande Ramos has confirmed that he is looking to bring in both defensive and offensive players before the September 1 deadline. Click to continue reading...

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Setanta/Laurent Picard - Parejo: Salgado not heading to England
Real Madrid full back Michel Salgado will not be joining Queens Park Rangers according to fellow countryman Daniel Parejo, who exclusively spoke to setantasports.com.
Spanish defender Salgado, a close friend of QPR's co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag, revealed he had dinner with the businessmen in order to discuss his future. Click to continue reading...

Somebody, please correct me because I hope I'm wrong, but it appears that the Italian Super Coppa isn't being televised anywhere in the U.S. How is a match between Inter Milan and Roma not televised? Sad, sad, sad. Maybe it is somewhere, but I can't find it.

I did find a lot, though. Click to continue reading...

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Setanta/Laurent Piicard - Parejo: I can be the new Torres

Queens Park Rangers' new signing Daniel Parejo has told setantasports.com in an exclusive interview that he wishes to become The Championship's Fernando Torres.

The 19-year-old is viewed by Spanish football experts as a future star for Real Madrid, and his one-year loan deal will allow the midfielder grow as a player and as a person. Click to continue reading...

With the 1.24 billion league matches on offer at Sky, Setanta, and the Other Ones, you can't really blame professional football announcers for over-relying on their trusty grab bag of football clichés.  But now that John 'Motty' Motson has left for good, I think it's time to wipe the slate clean in English football. Click to continue reading...

The Special One is back and better than ever this season. It would be difficult for an ordinary man to manage Inter Milan and host a hit TV show at the same time, but Senore Mourinho is no ordinary man. He is fantastic.

In this episode, José chats with his co-host, Sven-Göran Eriksson, aka "It", about managing Mexico and how the cultures in Mexico and England are different. Click to continue reading...