Bangkok--7 Sep--Total Quality PR ESPN STAR Sports (Ch.39-40, True Visions), Asia’s No. 1 Sports Broadcaster, presents a thrilling weekend of sports - enough to keep fans glued to their screens over two days — with back-to-back action from the Rugby World Cup 2007 (RWC), the F1 Italian Grand Prix and England’s Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel broadcast over 8-9 September 2007. Kicking off with the live and exclusive telecast of rugby action this Saturday are match-ups featuring major rugby nations New Zealand, who play Italy; and Australia who will face Japan. On Sunday, Wales take on Canada, followed by the South Africa and Samoa tie. The Formula One season continues to race towards a sensational finish with the title chase heating up between McLaren and Ferrari and their respective drivers. Motor racing aficionados can tune in to STAR Sports’ coverage of the Italian GP qualifier at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza this Saturday evening, followed by Sunday’s Race Day at 9.00pm, live and exclusive on STAR Sports. Football fans can catch the pre-match presentation of the Euro 2008 qualifier between England and Israel with Andy Penders on STAR Sports at 11.30pm on Saturday, followed by the kick-off at midnight. The atmosphere at Wembley Stadium will be fever pitch with English fans urging their team on, as the Three Lions need the three points desperately to salvage their Euro 2008 aspirations. Please refer to the following schedule for a jam-packed weekend of world-class sporting action, only on ESPN STAR Sports: Rugby World Cup on ESPN (Opening Weekend)Date Event Time Saturday, 8 September France vs Argentina 2.00am New Zealand vs Italy 6.30pm Australia vs Japan 8.30pm England vs USA 11pm Sunday, 9 September Wales vs Canada 7.00pm South Africa vs Samoa 9.00pm Formula One Italian Grand Prix on STAR SportsDate Event Time Saturday, 8 September Qualifying 9.30pm Sunday, 9 September Race Day 7.00pm Euro 2008 Qualifier: England vs Israel on ESPN STAR SportsDate Event Time Saturday, 8 September Pre-show Match Presentation 10.30pm Kick-off 11pm For the latest schedules and program information on ESPN STAR Sports, please visit www.espnstar.com. About ESPN STAR Sports ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world’s leading cable and satellite broadcasters. As Asia's definitive and complete sports broadcaster and content provider, ESPN STAR Sports combines the strengths and resources of its ultimate parent companies — Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR) — to deliver a diverse array of international and regional sports to viewers via its encrypted pay and free-to-air services. ESPN STAR Sports showcases an unparalleled variety of premier live sports from around the globe to a cumulative reach of more than 310 million viewers in Asia, 24 hours a day. ESPN STAR Sports has 15 networks covering 24 countries, each localized to deliver differentiated world-class premier sports programming to Asian viewers. This includes ESPN Asia, ESPN China, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Singapore, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN (Korea), ESPN Hong Kong, STAR Sports Hong Kong, STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports Taiwan, STAR Sports Southeast Asia, STAR Sports Singapore & STAR Cricket. On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia. The multi-lingual, online platforms, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw and footballcrazy.tv interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. mobileESPN enables sports fans to follow their favourite sports more closely than ever with content specially delivered via their mobile phones. mobileESPN is the first of a regional suite of services to be offered across seven markets in Asia Pacific — Airtel (India), Hutch (India), Idea (India), BSNL (India), BPL Mobile (India), CSL (Hong Kong), Globe Telecom (Philippines) Maxis (Malaysia), SingTel (Singapore), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan), Telkomsel (Indonesia), StarHub (Singapore), MobileOne (Singapore), PCCW (Hong Kong), Sunday (Hong Kong) and Astro (Malaysia). For more information, please contact: Tom Van Blarcom / Ruthaiwan Tanwongwan Total Quality PR (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Tel: +66 (0) 2260 5820 ext 114 Email: [email protected] , [email protected]