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FIFA U-17 World Cup live on DIRECTV

The global football stars of tomorrow are strutting their stuff in the United Arab Emirates and on your television set as DIRECTV beams the FIFA Under-17 2013 World Cup live on DIRECTV Sports Channel 610 and in HD on Ch 611. The Under-17 tournament is the third FIFA competition broadcast …

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DIRECTV signs Oliver Stone for Brazil 2014 W/Cup ads

Oscar and Golden Globe award winning filmmaker Oliver Stone will debut on DIRECTV’s Brazil 2014 World Cup team this October when the network officially launches it advertising campaign for the upcoming prestigious FIFA tournament. Stone, who produced classic movies like JFK, Platoon and Wall Street, has been hired to capture …

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Murray and Williams target US Open

DIRECTV will bring the curtain down on this year’s major tennis circuit over the next eight days as the US Open takes centre stage in New York. New Wimbledon champion and British star Andy Murray will be aiming for his second successive US Open title while American sensation Serena Williams …

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Free encore for DIRECTV’s SportsMax customers

DIRECTV’s SportsMax subscribers will enjoy a free encore for the next month and a half thanks to the addition of SportsMax2 channel 634, which can be viewed for free until 30 September 2013. The football-friendly SportsMax2 includes live and delayed British Premier League matches, UEFA Champions League, international friendlies, Major …

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Tee time: PGA Golf Championship on DIRECTV

The 2013 PGA Gold Championship tees off from 8 am tomorrow on August 8 at the Oak Hill Country Club in New York and DIRECTV subscribers will again have unparalleled live coverage of the prestigious golf tournament. DIRECTV’s exclusive mosaic coverage on channel 601 (with mirror on 638) offers coverage …

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FA Cup classics this Wednesday on DIRECTV

Are you longing to see Arsenal lift a major trophy? Care for a reminder of how good Dwight Yorke was? Want to see Cristiano Ronaldo in a Manchester United shirt again? DIRECTV has you covered with its FA Cup Classics which continue on Wednesday 31 July with a Manchester United …

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Tiger hunts British Open success

Three-time British Open golf champion Tiger Woods will try to wrest the prestigious title away from defending champion Ernie Els as the third major golf tournament tees off on 18 July 2013. Adam Scott, the winner of the Masters in Augusta, and Justin Rose, the U.S. Open champion, are among …

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DIRECTV offers unique 2014 World Cup coverage

DIRECTV Sports warmed up for its Brazil 2014 World Cup coverage at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup from which all matches were broadcast in high-definition. At the 2014 World Cup, all 64 matches will be broadcast live and in high definition and additional channels will be activated to allow viewers …

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Neymar ignites Brazil; Spain contemplates end of an era

A left footed bullet from 21-year-old Brazil football prodigy, Neymar Junior, which flew past Spanish captain Iker Casillas, made the world sit up. Cowering on the floor, stunned and bleeding, was Spain’s international reputation. Spain swaggered into Rio on the back of stylish triumphs at the Euro 2012 and 2010 …

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Samba versus Tiki Taka: Brazil plots Spanish resistance

Brazil is the only South American country that the Spanish conquistadors of old did not colonise. And, as football’s new favourites prepare to cross swords with the game’s old favourites, Spain’s football team must know already the scale of the task ahead in tomorrow’s FIFA Confederations Cup final at the …

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