First , the Good News ! The Good News is that we are just 1 DAY away from the Official Kickoff of the prestigious FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament ! Now ... for the Bad News ! The Bad News is that there won't be any LIVE Coverage of the two Week's Tournament on any of Starhub Cable TV Sports Channels ! Not even on it's 24 Hours Football Channel ( Channel 27 ) !
A check on the Starhub Official Site on the TV Schedules of four of Starhub Sports Channels for this Sunday ( 14 June 2009 ) when the Opening Match will be played between Hosts South Africa against Iraq ( at 10pm Singapore Time ) and the Second Group A Match of the day later at 2.30am ( Singapore Time ) between Euro 2008 Champions Spain against Oceania Champions New Zealand were not being indicated on any of the Channels TV Listings for the day !
Meaning , that is to say , none of Starhub Cable Sports Channels - Supersports Plus ( Channel 21 ) , Supersports Channel 22 , ESPN Channel ( Channel 23 ) & Star Sports Channel ( Channel 24 ) were not showing the Games LIVE ! And what was most shocking was the fact that even Starhub Football Channel ( Channel 27 ) TV Schedule did not indicate that they were going to show the Matches LIVE either as well !
Such a major Football Event with the biggest names & the most popular Nations taking part and yet football fans were being made to suffer a total media shutout & forced to be ' left out ' and stayed away from the Biggest Soccer Event this June ! Touted as a Dress Rehearsal for the actual Event held in South Africa next Summer in June - the FIFA World Cup which will begin on 7 June 2010 onwards next year , the eight team Event this year in South Africa featuring the Champions of each continents top Competitions aim to serve as a warm up for the actual showpiece Event .
The FIFA Confederations Cup will feature eight teams being separated into two Groups - Group A & Group B . Group A comprises of Euro 2008 Champions Spain , Hosts - South Africa , Asian Cup 2007 Champions Iraq and Oceania Champions New Zealand while Group B will see Brazil , Italy , USA & Eqypt competiting in the two Week's Tournament Beginnning 14 June 2009 onwards to 28 June 2009 in South Africa .
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