World Cup - Official

kingmonty said:
I will root for Brazil, but I think it will be a German/English final, with Germany perhaps edging out the english in penalties.
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That would be pretty cool, but please for the love of god NO MORE PENALTIES!
I've watched England lose enough on penalties to last me the rest of my lifetime. Also haveing been subjected to two final penaltie shootouts in the last year, FA cup and Chap league last year, I have no desire to go through it again..
 
hj2k_x said:
It is sales bollocks. DSTV and SABC are showing the games. You can watch them on any old tv.
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Does that mean:
  1. both SABC and DSTV will broadcast all the games
  2. DSTV will broadcast all the games live and SABC will broadcast them delayed a la F1
  3. some games will be on DSTV, some on SABC
  4. None of the above or a combination (please explain)

So I have some of dem world cup fever... Anyway, I need to know if my next "investment" before the world cup should be DSTV or a bigscreen TV :-)

Is there anywhere that you can get reasonably accurate broadcast schedules (either DSTV or SABC)? Both the DSTV and SABC sites are pretty disappointing gotta say...
 
Ah, finally found something on DSTV's site:

Start planning your month of World Cup viewing; the Channel Of Champions will broadcast all 64 matches live. Take out your diaries and check out the schedule.
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From this page.

Still don't know about SABC though. Is it just me or does their site not work very well at all. Pop-up menu's appear in the wrong places etc. etc.

Either way, if anyone can provide similar info for SABC, I'm sure there are many here who would love to have it!
 
antonbijl said:
Ah, finally found something on DSTV's site:



From this page.

Still don't know about SABC though. Is it just me or does their site not work very well at all. Pop-up menu's appear in the wrong places etc. etc.

Either way, if anyone can provide similar info for SABC, I'm sure there are many here who would love to have it!
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Yeah sorry i did not get back to u on this. Supersport indeed have all the games live. They have been advertising it on DSTV....I agree the website is not the best.

I am also not sure about SABC. Would be very suprised if they had many live games, if any. What about e? They get the champions league and have delayed english prem every now and then.
 
Aha, the little buggers thought they could hide it from me, but I found it:

SABC 1 will broadcast 50 matches live and 14 delayed, as well as 31 highlight packages
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from here.

And BTW, anyone wanna visit the SABC website, you have to use IE. Doesn't work in Firefox and doesn't even work in Avant (which AFAIK is just an IE skin, so how the heck they managed to create a site that doesn't work in it, I don't know). Didn't test in any others, but if it doesn't even work in Avant, which is so close to IE, I seriously doubt it would.
 
antonbijl said:
Aha, the little buggers thought they could hide it from me, but I found it:



from here.

And BTW, anyone wanna visit the SABC website, you have to use IE. Doesn't work in Firefox and doesn't even work in Avant (which AFAIK is just an IE skin, so how the heck they managed to create a site that doesn't work in it, I don't know). Didn't test in any others, but if it doesn't even work in Avant, which is so close to IE, I seriously doubt it would.
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Hectic! Was really not expecting that many live games! That is really great for the average south african that cannot afford the ridiculous monthly DSTV subscription.

Good work antonbijl :)
 
hj2k_x said:
What about e? They get the champions league and have delayed english prem every now and then.
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Agreed, I also thought so, but I couldn't find even the slightest reference to the world cup on their site, nor have I seen them advertise it at all, so I have to assume they won't have any of the games.
 
antonbijl said:
Agreed, I also thought so, but I couldn't find even the slightest reference to the world cup on their site, nor have I seen them advertise it at all, so I have to assume they won't have any of the games.
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Well i spose u cannot expect too much from a free tv channel :p
 
hj2k_x said:
Was really not expecting that many live games! That is really great for the average south african that cannot afford the ridiculous monthly DSTV subscription.
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Have to agree. I was quite pleasantly surprised. There are a few delayed games that I really would like to have seen live though:
- Netherlands v Argentina on 21 June (game start 21:00, broadcast only 00:00)
- Croatia v Australia on 22 June (game at 21:00, broadcast 00:00)
- Czech Republic v Italy on 22 June (game at 16:00, broadcast 01:30)

Now the first two I can live with, since they're obviously doing delayed broadcasts because there are two games going on at the same time, but methinks Czech Republic v Italy is being delayed only to prevent interference with the late afternoon soapie schedule. I fully understand that not everyone is into sports and that some people might enjoy their soapie, but that's just ridiculous now.

I have a strange feeling the local sports bar will have the pleasure of my custom come 21 and 22 June.
 
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Good stuff :)

Thanks for finding that. Pretty typical that it's hidden away in some random section of their sites. The biggest television event in the world and you have to do some major digging to find schedules less than a month before it starts.. :)
 
england 5-0 up against jamaica :)

Peter crouch football g0d :):)

*edit, Just not so much with the penalties :p
 
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I know that this has been asked but who do you all think is gonna win. My money is still on either Brazil or Argentina
 
Peter Crouch Football G0d to start against Paraguay! :)

Where are all the football fans out there?? Clearly not as excited as i am that the WC starts this week already!! :eek:
 
The robotic legend :p

He's gonna need to work on that if he scores in the WC, which he will :)
 
Crouch was regarded as a joke but since Rooney's injury he's now England's no1 striker.
 
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