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Top-Three English Premiership Teams all in Action on Soccer Saturday

Sports Programming / Rogers Sportsnets
Posted by RAD on Feb 28, 2007 - 03:33 PM

Barclays Premiership leader Manchester United visits Anfield Stadium to take on third-place Liverpool Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 a.m. (ET)/ 4:30 a.m. (PT) in the opening game of a triple-header on Rogers Sportsnet.

The second match at 10:00 a.m. (ET)/ 7:00 a.m. (PT) pits Newcastle United at home against Middlesbrough.

Match number three of the triple-bill at 12:30 p.m. (ET)/ 9:30 a.m. (PT) features Portsmouth playing host to Chelsea who currently sit second in the table behind the Red Devils

Soccercentral with host Gerry Dobson and analyst Craig Forrest is in its familiar time slot of 12:00 p.m. (ET)/ 9:00 a.m. (PT) between the second and third match.

A feature on the progress being made by South Africa as the country prepares to welcome the next FIFA World Cup in 2010 highlights this week’s Soccercentral.

Other highlights from the upcoming edition of Soccercentral include:

· Dobson sits down with USA international Conor Casey, Toronto FC’s new ‘target-man’ as well as some of the stars that will be leading the charge for the squad come the season opener April 7th.

· Rapid Fire with Craig Forrest – Forrest gives his thoughts on 2010 FIFA World Cup , the 2007 FIFA U-20 draw, and the controversy surrounding a young player wearing a traditional hijab in tournament play in Quebec

· Highlights from a busy day in the English Premiership

For all the scores, highlights, breaking news and inside stories from Barclays Premiership tune in to Sportsnet Connected and Soccercentral and log on to sportsnet.ca. “Your home team. First.”

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