NewsWhore
06-02-2006, 03:10 PM
CDN, Channel 37, announced it will be transmitting all the Soccer World Cup games - 64 games. Felix Garcia, president of CDN, announced at a press conference that in addition to the live game transmissions, they would choose the day's most important game and repeat it for prime time viewing in the evening.
Ambassadors for Germany, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Argentina and Switzerland attended the announcement of the TV football schedule in Santo Domingo. The World Cup begins Friday, 9 June.
Nationwide, with so many foreigners living in the many tourist areas, sports bars will be telecasting the games in multiple languages. For instance, in Puerto Plata, Eddy's will be showing on the many screens in this restaurant-bar all games in English. They will also have screens showing the games in Spanish and German.
While baseball is king in the Dominican Republic, there is a strong soccer follopwing. The president of the Dominican Federation of Football, Osiris Guzman told Hoy newspaper that more than 100,000 regularly play the game here.
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Ambassadors for Germany, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Argentina and Switzerland attended the announcement of the TV football schedule in Santo Domingo. The World Cup begins Friday, 9 June.
Nationwide, with so many foreigners living in the many tourist areas, sports bars will be telecasting the games in multiple languages. For instance, in Puerto Plata, Eddy's will be showing on the many screens in this restaurant-bar all games in English. They will also have screens showing the games in Spanish and German.
While baseball is king in the Dominican Republic, there is a strong soccer follopwing. The president of the Dominican Federation of Football, Osiris Guzman told Hoy newspaper that more than 100,000 regularly play the game here.
Link To Original Article (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)