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Arguably, World Cup football is the greatest event on television. Though ESPN Star Sports has bagged the television rights for live coverage of World Cup football 2006 in India other channels too are planning to bring in a number of soccer-related shows to cash in on the football fever. National Geographic Channel already is the forerunner with the launch of Planet Football, a series of exciting, fun-filled, well-researched programmes on football.
History of Football traces the game’s journey from 200 BC to date; FC Barcelona Confidential takes`A0fans behind-the-scenes to one of the biggest football clubs in the world. Footballers & Beauty Queens looks at the Pelad`E3o, a unique soccer tournament and beauty pageant that takes place in the middle of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The series is designed to build excitement, before the real action begins. As an added bonus the channel will take the viewers to the 12 cities that will host the World Cup Matches. — NF On a high
IF he plays a narcissistic and enigmatic lawyer in Sidhanth on Star One, in real life too Pawan Shankar is no less of an egoist. He says he is inundated with offers but hardly any catch his fancy. But he seems to have fallen for the role of Ajit Singh Gill an NRI who comes to Chandigarh for peace from his high pressure life in Canada in Aisa Des Hai Mera on Sony. The character he plays has been a farmer, a DJ and a sports coach who plays the flute. In Chandigarh, he meets Rusty who has come from the US, and falls in love with her. He also helps her find acceptance in her father’s family. "In Sidhanth and Aisa Des Hai Mera I have two of the best roles on TV. I couldn’t have asked for more." Not surprisingly he doesn’t want to commit himself further.
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