Fox Sports World Canada
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| Type | Digital cable specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | CanWest Global Communications |
| Launch date | 2001 |
| Website | Official Site |
Fox Sports World Canada is a Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel owned by CanWest Global Communications and featuring world sporting events in cricket, soccer and rugby.
[edit] Programming
Fox Sports World Canada has coverage of the following leagues:
- Italian Serie A
- MLS- US Professional Soccer
- Primera División de México (Mexican First Division)
- USL First Division- Tier 2 Professional Soccer featuring teams from U.S. and Canada
- National Rugby League from Australia
[edit] Other Programs
Direct Kicks - Soccer at the grass roots level, shot on location all around the world, with a focus on various tournaments, clinics and teams
Direct Kicks for Chicks - Women's soccer development program with a focus on tournaments, clinics, camps and various teams. It is the only TV series of its kind in the world
Dream Team - a British soap opera that airs in the UK on Sky One and focuses on a fictional Premiership team (the episodes shown on Fox Sports World Canada are several seasons behind Sky One).
FC Fox - offers viewers an in-depth and behind-the-scenes look into their favorite soccer stars and role models, as well as real-life stories about college, high-school and youth-league athletes, coaches and teams. The program is hosted by Ethan Zohn, winner of Survivor: Africa in 2001.
Football Asia - Also known as Gambare!.
Fox Sports World Report - Flagship news show that features highlights from all the major leagues in Europe, South America, MLS, International competitions and more; news and reports from the sporting world including Cricket, Soccer, Rugby, Motor Sports and others with Jeremy St Louis on weekdays & Carlos Machado and Mitch Peacock on weekends. Also features in-depth analysis from Bobby McMahon; airs nightly at 10pm EST. Also appears on Fox Soccer Channel in the US.
- Interviews with Bobby McMahon and Jeremy St. Louis, where they discuss the roots of the Fox Sports World Report show, are available on EPL Talk.
- On Friday, September 22, 2006, anchor Michelle Lissel signed off for the last time after five years on the show. She is now the PR director for Toronto's new MLS franchise.
Gillette World Sport - Weekly magazine show that features news and highlights from various different sports including soccer, football, baseball, rugby union, tennis, basketball, hockey and others.
ICC Cricket World
Milan Weekly - a weekly newsmagazine featuring Italian football club AC Milan. Dubbed and subtitled in English.
Out of Bounds
Sky Sports News - a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. In terms of focus, the channel predominantly centres on football almost constantly. A delayed feed from 11pm GMT is rerun twice-daily for one hour from Monday to Thursday and for a half-hour on Friday at 7pm and midnight EST.
[edit] External links
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Corporate Directors: David Asper | Gail Asper | Leonard Asper | Lloyd Barber | Derek Burney | Ronald Daniels | David Drybrough | Paul Godfrey | Frank King | Lisa Pankratz |
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Radio Stations: CJZZ | CKBT |
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