The Exclusive Live Canadian Broadcast of UFC 138 Highlights the Weekly Schedule on Sportsnet

- Seven UEFA Champions League matches starting Tuesday-

-Table-leading Manchester City highlight’s the weekend Barclays Premier League schedule -

-Coverage of the Swiss Indoors Men's Tennis Tournament begins Thursday-

TORONTO (Oct. 31, 2011) – Sportsnet kicks off November with Can’t Miss Events including the exclusive live Canadian broadcast of UFC 138, continued action from the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League and a full slate of weekend games from the Barclays Premier League.

UFC 138

Sportsnet is the only network in Canada to be broadcasting the main card of UFC 138 live on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. (ET)/1 p.m. (PT). The main event on the card for UFC 138 features former WEC middleweight champion Chris Leben (22-7) against Mark Munoz (11-2) and is the first non-title five round fight in the history of the UFC. Other bouts on the main card include a bantamweight tilt between Renan Barao (26-1-1) and Brad Pickett (21-4). Barao is currently riding a 26-fight winning streak while Pickett has only lost once in the last 4 years. Sportsnet Connected will also provide coverage leading up to UFC 138 with nightly reports hosted by “Showdown” Joe Ferraro during the evening and prime editions starting on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

UEFA Champions League

Arsenal can advance to the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League with a win over the French squad Marseille on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m. (ET)/12:30 p.m. (PT) on Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific channels. R.J. Broadhead and Craig Forrest will preview the UEFA Champions matches on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific prior to each match, also providing halftime and post-game analysis.

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

Tuesday, Nov. 1

Zenit vs. Shakhtar @ 1:00 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet World)

Genk vs. Chelsea @ 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet ONE)

Plzen vs. Barcelona @ 3:45 p.m. ET/12:45 a.m. PT (Sportsnet World)

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Bayern Munich vs. Napoli @ 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)

Villarreal vs. Manchester City @ 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT (Sportsnet ONE)

Manchester United vs. Otelul Galati @ 3:45 p.m. ET/12:45 a.m. PT (Sportsnet World)

Barclays Premier League

First-place Manchester City take on the Queens Park Rangers as part of Sportsnet’s weekend Barclays Premier League schedule on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:00 p.m. (ET)/10 a.m. (PT) on Sportsnet ONE. Rob Faulds and Forrest host SOCCER CENTRAL on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. (ET)/12:30 p.m. (PT) on Sportsnet ONE, focusing on all the weekend’s action from around the league. Sportsnet's BPL broadcast schedule for the rest of the weekend is as follows:

Saturday, Nov. 5

Liverpool vs. Swansea City @ 10:30 a.m. (ET)/7:30 a.m. (PT) (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)

Manchester United vs. Sunderland @ 11 a.m. (ET)/8 a.m. (PT) (Sportsnet World)

Sunday, Nov. 6

Wolverhampton vs. Wigan @7:30 a.m. (ET)/4:30 a.m. (PT) (Sportsnet World)

Fulham vs. Tottenham @11 a.m. (ET)/8 a.m. (PT) (Sportsnet World)

Men’s Tennis – Swiss Indoors

Novak Djokovic, the world’s number one-ranked male tennis player, returns from back injury in the Swiss Indoors tournament as Sportsnet ONE serves up early round coverage on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. (ET)/8 a.m. (PT). Djokovic has not played since withdrawing from a Davis Cup match in September of this year. The men’s draw for Swiss Indoors will also feature Switzerland’s native son Roger Federer who has won the tourney four out of the last five years.

Sportsnet ONE’s Swiss Indoors coverage for the rest of the weekend is as follows:

Quarter-Finals Friday, Nov. 4 @ 9 a.m. (ET)/6 a.m. (PT)

Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 5 @ 4 p.m. (ET)/1 p.m. (PT)*

Finals Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 9 a.m. (ET)/6 a.m. (PT)

*Coverage will be presented on tape delay

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