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International Soccer

  • FIFA events, including the World Cup (through 2014): CBC, Sportsnet (sub-licensed), Radio-Canada (French) and TLN (Italian and Spanish). Some lesser-known FIFA events may be sublicensed to other broadcasters; TLN-owned soccer channel EuroWorld Sport claims to own some of these rights.
    • FIFA events, including the World Cup (2015–2022): CTV, TSN, TSN2, RDS (French), RDS2 (French)
  • UEFA's key national-team competitions, including the European Championship, UEFA Women's Championship and UEFA Under-21 Championship: TSN / RDS; contract runs 2011–2017 (including Euro 2012 and Euro 2016; U-21 tournaments in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017; and Women's Euro 2013). Some games will air on TSN2 / RIS. Tournaments apart from the main Euro championship may be carried online only.
  • UEFA Champions League (through to 2015):
    • Sportsnet (all four regional channels): First pick of Wednesday matches, and the final
    • Sportsnet One: Third pick of Wednesday matches, if applicable
    • Sportsnet World: Second pick on each of Tuesday and Wednesday, plus any matches originating in Russia not selected by the TSN or Sportsnet channels, and tape-delayed coverage of most other matches.
  • UEFA Europa League (current): Sportsnet and TVA Sports
  • Premier League : Rights are currently divided between TSN2 (Saturday morning and Monday afternoon games), Sportsnet and Sportsnet World. Beginning in 2013 the rights will be divided equally between Sportsnet and TSN.
  • Serie A: beIN Sport
  • Primera División Argentina: Fox Sports World
  • La Liga: beIN Sport
  • Ligue 1: beIN Sport
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: Gol TV
  • Fußball-Bundesliga: Gol TV
  • Primera División de México: Fox Sports World
  • Scottish Premier League: Sportsnet World
  • Coppa Italia: Gol TV
  • Copa del Rey (through 2011): Gol TV
  • FA Cup: Sportsnet World
  • Football League Cup: beIN Sport

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