Fox Sports World Canada was a Canadian

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channel. The channel's programming primarily featured

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and covered other world sports such as

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. Although its original

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(CRTC) licence called for Fox Sports World Canada to carry soccer, cricket and rugby as their core sports, cricket and rugby matches almost disappeared from the channel after the first few years. Fox Sports World Canada's flagship program was the '' Fox Soccer Report'', which comprised most of its

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. On October 27, 2010,

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gained control of Fox Sports World Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest; which subsequently was renamed

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. On March 6, 2012, Shaw Media released a statement announcing that they would cease the broadcast of Fox Sports World Canada on midnight of April 30 of that year. The company had been examining the possibility of launching a mainstream sports channel in competition with TSN and

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, but ultimately decided against it. Shaw claimed the channel "no longer makes strategic and economic sense for Shaw Media going forward" in light of that decision. The channel officially shut down on April 30, 2012, while its license was officially revoked on April 19, 2016, nearly four years after the channel went off the air.

Programming

Fox Sports World Canada featured both live and taped events from the following leagues and competitions: * Australia:

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* England:

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* France:

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* Italy:

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* United States: United Soccer Leagues (USL) First Division (also from Canada and Puerto Rico), Major Indoor Soccer League, NCAA Men's Soccer, NCAA Women's Soccer & WPS *

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Noted programs

*''Asia Contender'' *''Football Asia'' - Soccer highlights from around Asia *''Football Rivalries'' *'' Fox Soccer Report'' - Flagship news show that featured highlights from all the major leagues in Europe, South America, MLS, International competitions and more. *''Hyundai A-League Highlights'' - Highlights from the

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. *''PGA Tour Highlights'' *''Serie-A Highlights'' - Highlights from Italy's

. *''Sports Unlimited'' *''

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'' - A feed taken directly from the UK channel of the same name.

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