Rogers Sportsnet Goes Around the World This Week with Coverage from Israel, England, Spain and the United States

TORONTO (Sept. 12, 2011) – Rogers Sportsnet spans the world this week with broadcasts from Israel for the Davis Cup, the United States for UFC Fight Night 25 and around Europe for Champions League and Barclays Premier League.

Davis Cup

Milos Raonic returns to the court as a member of the Canadian tennis team when Canada meets Israel in the World Group Playoffs of the Davis Cup, starting Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 a.m. (ET)/4 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet ONE.

Raonic’s appearance at the Davis Cup will be his first match since suffering a hip injury at Wimbledon in June. He had taken the tennis world by storm, rising as high as 28th in the ATP rankings after the Monte Carlo Masters in April of 2011.

The three-day Davis Cup event will continue on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 8 a.m. (ET)/5 a.m. (PT) on ONE and concludes Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 a.m. (ET)/4:30 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

Rob Faulds provides the play-by-play while Robert Bettauer, a former Canadian Davis Cup team member, handles the analysis. Arash Madani will be the courtside reporter in Tel Aviv and will also file reports for Sportsnet Connected. He will be joined by Sportsnet tennis insider Damien Cox.

Aside from Raonic, Canada’s Davis Cup team includes veteran Daniel Nestor, Vasek Pospisil, and Peter Polansky. The schedule for the three days includes two singles matches on Friday, a doubles match on Saturday and two more singles matches on Sunday. The country that wins at least three of these matches will move on to World Group stage.

Sportsnet.ca provides live streaming of the Davis Cup match-up between Rafael Nadal's Spanish team and France beginning on Friday, Sept. 16 at 6 a.m. (ET)/3 a.m. (PT), continuing on Saturday, September 17 at 9 a.m. (ET)/6 a.m. (PT) and finishing on Sunday, September 18 at 6 a.m. (ET)/3 a.m. (PT).

UFC Fight Night 25

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields fights Jake Ellenberger in the main card for UFC Fight Night 25, exclusively broadcast in High Definition in Canada on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario and Sportsnet West on Saturday, Sept.17 at 9 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (PT).

Shields is coming off a loss to Canada’s Georges St-Pierre in a title bout at UFC 129 in April 2011. Ellenberger has won five fights in a row and has not lost since Sept. 2009.

The main card also includes Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, Canadian middleweight and sportsnet.ca blogger, in a battle against Alan Belcher. Belcher’s last three wins have either won Submission of the Night or Fight of the Night honours, while MacDonald is coming off a first-round submission of Ryan Jensen at UFC 129.

UEFA Champions League

Barcelona begins its quest for a second consecutive UEFA Champions League title when they meet AC Milan on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest will preview all UEFA Champions matches on Sportsnet channels prior to each match, and will also provide halftime and post-game analysis.

Sportsnet and Setanta’s broadcast schedule for the rest of the UEFA Champions League this week is as follows:

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen @ 2:30 p.m. ET (Sportsnet ONE)

Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal @ 2:40 p.m. ET (Setanta)

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Real Madrid v Dinamo Zagreb @ 2:30 p.m. ET (Sportsnet East, West)

Manchester City v Napoli @ 2:30 p.m. ET (Sportsnet Ontario, Pacific)

Manchester United v Benfica @ 2:40 p.m. ET (Setanta)

Barclays Premier League

The weekend’s Barclays Premier League schedule begins with the Queens Park Rangers versus Wolverhampton on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 9:30 a.m. (ET)/6:30 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest host SoccerCentral at 2 p.m. (ET)/11 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet ONE to wrap up the day’s action.

Sportsnet and Setanta’s BPL broadcast schedule for the rest of the weekend is as follows:

Saturday, Sept. 17

Aston Villa v Newcastle @ 10 a.m. ET (Setanta)

Everton v Wigan @ 12:30 p.m. ET (Sportsnet ONE)

Sunday, Sept. 18

Tottenham v Liverpool @8 a.m. ET (Sportsnet ONE)

Manchester United v Chelsea @11 a.m. ET (Setanta)

For all the scores, highlights, breaking news and inside stories, tune in to Sportsnet Connected and visit sportsnet.ca.

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