Ian Joy leaving FOX Sports to pursue opportunities on East Coast
FOX Sports soccer analyst Ian Joy has announced that he will be leaving the network at the end of the 2019/20 Bundesliga season, World Soccer Talk has learned. “I’m …
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Grant Wahl’s exit from FOX Sports has freed him to become a bigger critic of US Soccer
Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl has gone from US Soccer Federation insider to critic in a short span of time. Wahl’s evolution reflects the changing attitudes of the soccer …
FOX acquires Olympic soccer qualifiers and CONCACAF Champions League
FOX Sports and Concacaf have agreed to an exclusive multi-year U.S. English-language rights deal, highlighted by the 2021 and 2023 Gold Cups as well as the Men’s and Women’s …
FS2 removed from Sling Blue in blow to Bundesliga viewers
In its final season of coverage on FOX Sports, the Bundesliga will no longer be available on FS2 to Sling Blue subscribers. Instead, Sling TV customers will need to …
FOX Sports has gone from soccer destination to bit-part player in less than a decade
As this decade comes to a close, it’s clear that FOX Sports is losing its grip on being a major soccer broadcaster in the United States. Firstly, FOX is …
Bundesliga unhappy with FOX Sports coverage of German league, says CEO
DFL CEO Christian Seifert is unhappy with FOX Soccer’s coverage of the German league, he admitted at the league’s headquarters in Frankfurt. Seifert, who has held the position of …
MLS has a TV ratings problem, and it’s named FOX Soccer
Major League Soccer has a TV ratings problem, and it’s named FOX Soccer. During the penultimate weekend of the regular season when teams are typically fighting to finish in …
Winners and losers of Bundesliga switching from FOX to ESPN+
The worst kept secret about the Bundesliga in the United States has now been officially confirmed. Beginning in the summer of 2020, ESPN+ will be the exclusive broadcaster of …
Review of FOX’s Women’s World Cup TV coverage, opening weekend
FOX Sports’ second cycle as the US English-language FIFA rights holder has begun this summer with coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as well as the FIFA Under-20 …
FOX and Telemundo announce Women’s World Cup TV coverage plans
The 2019 Women’s World Cup airs across the FOX Sports and Telemundo family of networks from June 7 to July 7, 2019. In English-language, FOX presents coverage live from …