- ESPNsoccernet
ESPNsoccernet provides comprehensive coverage of world
football (soccer) . Complete football information includes scores, statistics, and features of worldwide football.History
In 1999,
Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG) acquired a controlling interest of 60 per cent in Soccernet from the Daily Mail and General Trust. It has since put additional features such as providing breaking news, match results, statistics and analysis for not only the leagues in England and Scotland but also for the rest of Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world. It is the world's most popular football site with more than 100 million page views per month.ESPNsoccernet.com enjoyed record success in 2006, with more than 30 percent growth in unique users. During the
2006 FIFA World Cup , the site averaged more than 9.5 million page views per day, peaking with more than 14 million page views on June 22, a new record for daily traffic to the site.The site has also launched versions of its site in French, Italian, German and Spanish, in addition to a new look for the English-language version of the site for 2007.
ESPN Soccernet Sportscenter is a daily show that wraps up action in the soccer world for the day. The show can be watched on Soccernet's video player in the top right corner of the site.
Key features
Some of Soccernet's key features are a premium fantasy game and a twice weekly podcast hosted by Adriano Russo, Dan Mason and Jonathan Harris-Bass, as well as video content and features. For the first time ever ESPNsoccernet.com (in the US and Australia) is offering live coverage of all 125 UEFA Champions League matches via online pay-per-view, with each match available for $9.95 per match.
Regular contributors
Some regular contributors to Soccernet include:
Phil Ball ,Derek Rae ,Tommy Smyth , Roberto Gotta, Ernst Bouwes, Dale 'Very much so' Johnson, Dom Raynor, John Brewin, Phil Holland, Jon Carter, Norman Hubbard, Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger, Richard Jolly, Jen Chang and many others.External links
* [http://www.soccernet.com/ ESPNsoccernet]
* [http://www.soccernetstore.com/ ESPNsoccernet Store]
* [http://www.soccertimes.com/ Soccer Times] an associate ofESPN
* [http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/187511 Buena Vista Acquires, Relaunches Soccernet]
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