ROGERS SPORTSNET AND CBC JOIN FORCES TO DELIVER ALL FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GAMES TO CANADIANS

CBC Sports and Rogers Sportsnet today announced the biggest and best soccer team ever assembled to cover the most games ever broadcast from the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011™.

For the first time, every match will be broadcast live in Canada, starting Sunday, June 26. For CBC, Scott Russell will host the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ coverage, joined in-studio by Clare Rustad and Jason de Vos. Rustad, a former Canadian women’s national team member, has also played for the Vancouver Whitecaps and currently suits up for the Toronto Lady Lynx of the USL W-League. Brenda Irving will be on-site and provide reports for CBC from Germany.

For Rogers Sportsnet, Gerry Dobson will host the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Today coverage alongside in-studio analysts Craig Forrest and Kara Lang on match days at 11 pm ET, wrapping-up the day's matches. Lang retired from play in January 2011 after a storied career with Canada’s women’s national team in over 90 matches, including stops in the 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cups, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and recently helped the women's team qualify for the upcoming 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Louis Jean and Stephen Brunt will be on-site to cover Canada and provide reports for Rogers Sportsnet from Germany.

The action kicks-off from Germany on Sunday, with Nigeria vs. France on Rogers Sportsnet at 8:45 am ET, followed by Germany vs. Canada from Berlin’s Olympiastadion on CBC. Coverage begins at 11 am ET with FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Today on CBC.

Commentary for all matches on both networks will be provided by FIFA’s world-class announcers.

Fans can visit the joint website at www.cbcsports.ca/fifawomensworldcup where they can access all games streamed live, schedules, scores and stats, video, opinion, history, a Team Canada section and a Fanzone. Fans are also encouraged to join the conversation on Twitter using #fwwc.

The partnership will see CBC air all matches involving Canada, including three of four quarterfinals, the semi-final, bronze and gold medal matches, all live. Rogers Sportsnet will air one quarterfinal match live, while also providing encore broadcasts of the quarterfinal, semi-final, bronze and gold medal matches. Additionally, in the early rounds, Rogers Sportsnet will provide live coverage of 18 matches not involving Canada. The complete broadcast schedule for all networks is available now at the joint site, found directly here:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifawomensworldcup2011/schedules/broadcast/.

Fans can also enjoy a public screening of Canada’s first match at Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto, starting at 8:30 am ET on Sunday, June 26. The event will also include “Soccer in the City” featuring soccer skills, clinics, freestyle demonstrations, prizes, music and much more. The event is proudly sponsored by the German National Tourist Office, Schenker of Canada Limited, CBC and Rogers Sportsnet.

About CBC/Radio-Canada CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, Internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages, plus seven languages for international audiences. In 2011, CBC/Radio-Canada is celebrating 75 years of serving Canadians and being at the centre of the democratic, social and cultural life of Canada.

About Rogers Sportsnet

Rogers Sportsnet, the Canadian leader in NHL and MLB broadcasts, is comprised of five television channels. Rogers Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific are the network's four regional television channels,

while Sportsnet ONE is distributed nationally. All five channels are available in high definition. Sportsnet features all 162 Toronto Blue Jays games as well as over 500 Major League Baseball games, including

the World Series, MLB Playoffs, MLB All-Star Game and Home Run Derby. Sportsnet broadcasts more NHL games than any other Canadian network with 253 regional regular-season telecasts, featuring the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators. Sportsnet is an official broadcaster of the London 2012 Olympics Games. The Rogers broadcaster is home to all of the UFC television events in HD and broadcasts the Rogers Cup, ATP and WTA tennis, and the Davis Cup. The network also features NFL on Sunday and Thursday nights, UEFA Champions League, Barclays Premier League, Major

League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Canadian national team matches for men and women, the Canadian Hockey League, the MasterCard Memorial Cup and the Indian Premier League. Sportsnet Connected is the network's nightly news program, providing regional coverage of the day's events in the world of sports. Fans that want to get connected to their home teams choose Rogers Sportsnet and sportsnet.ca for news, highlights and live-events.

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