CBC to air World Cup and other FIFA soccer games

OTTAWA – The CBC has won the rights to broadcast the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup and other soccer games in a seven-year deal. CBC/Radio-Canada, in partnership with Telelatino, has the rights to show FIFA games from 2007 to 2014, including the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the World Cup in 2014, the FIFA Women’s World Cup in China 2007, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2011. The networks will also act as host broadcaster for the FIFA Men’s U-20 World Cup, taking place in Victoria, Burnaby, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto in July 2007, featuring...