World Cup attracts 15.8m viewers
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England's defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup attracts a peak audience of 15.8m.
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LONDON - The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.    Rogge said 3.9 billion people watched an Olympic broadcast at least once during the Aug...
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The Giantsâ 17-14 upset of New England in Super Bowl XLII Sunday night was the most-watched N.F.L. championship game ever, seen by an average of 97.5 million viewers.
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The Brazilian Football Confederation officially launches a bid to host the 2014 World Cup.
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AUSTRALIAN soccer can count on a multi-million dollar windfall and invaluable quality matches leading into its World Cup finals campaign after last night sealing a berth in the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany.
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On a day of World Cup qualifying matches around the globe, most of the soccer world's attention was focused on three exhibition games in Europe that featured top contenders for the 2006 tournament.
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This weekend&#39;s Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States is to set a new record for the number of spectators at an official tennis match.
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The idea is to put the ball in the net, not just keep it out. Ukraine figured that out a lot quicker than Switzerland in the shootout Monday night. And the World Cup newcomers are headed to the quarterfinals because of it.
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First came the &quot;Blanco Bounce.&quot; Entertaining, but ultimately only a sideshow. Four years later, there was the humiliation of being bounced from the World Cup by a country that doesn&#039;t even care &amp;#151; well, much &amp;#151; about soccer.
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NEW YORK -- The CONCACAF Gold Cup final attracted 41 percent more television households in the United States than the Stanley Cup finals clincher -- and that was just for the soccer game's Spanish-language telecast.
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The popularity of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in a nation otherwise dominated by hockey has been one of many surprises that have come with the tournament.
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Millions of people around the world watched the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens over the past two weeks. Most viewers simply marvel at the talents of the world's best athletes, but a select few watch and realistically envision themselves among the elite.
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Support within English football for controversial plans to take Premier League matches around the world appeared to be growing on Friday as influential figures including Arsene Wenger and Roy Keane voiced their backing.
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A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing.
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TORONTO -- There is no mystique to it anymore, because after all, the Russians have become commoners in today's National Hockey League, and Finns, Czechs, Slovaks, and Swedes also have been entrenched in the Original 30 long enough to turn the ongoing World Cup of Hockey into a protracted trailer for the NHL season.
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The Republic of Ireland produce a fine display to grab a crucial World Cup draw at the Stade de France.
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The coach and the players were pleased. The fans seemed indifferent. The media was split. Reaction to Italy&#39;s 1-0 win against Finland with an experimental squad devoid of all the top