3rd Annual ‘Premios Fox Sports’.

Underscoring its mission to bring Latino sports fans closer to their favorite athletes and teams, Fox Pan American Sports today announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual “Premios Fox Sports,” the only awards program of its kind to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Latino athletes and personalities from the world of sports both on and off the field. Winners in 13 categories will be voted on exclusively by fans and crowned during the official “Premios Fox Sports” awards ceremony to be held December 5, 2005 at the Jackie Gleason Theater of Performing Arts in Miami Beach, Florida. Voting starts today and runs through October 16, 2005 at http://www.premiosfoxsports.yahoo.com

“We are immensely proud to once again enable our viewers and Latino sports fans across the Americas to join us in selecting the recipients of ‘Premios Fox Sports’ awards,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. “Now in our third year, ‘Premios Fox Sports’ still remains the only awards program of its kind to honor the achievements and contributions of Latino athletes and sports teams, both to their teams and their communities. Latino athletes have proven themselves on and off the field in 2005 and this year’s show promises to be the best one yet.”

Among this year’s nominees are Florida Marlins’ standout Carlos Delgado (Baseball); Emanuel Ginobili from the San Antonio Spurs (Basketball); Guillermo Coria (Tennis); and Juan Pablo Montoya (Motor Sports), among many other deserving athletes and individuals from the world of sports.

“Yahoo! is excited to be working with Fox Pan American Sports again to help sports fans choose this year’s slate of ‘Premios Fox Sports’ winners and we are confident that through our regional network we will maximize the exposure of this unique event,” said Jose Rivera Font, general manager for Yahoo! North Latin America. “We invite sports fans to take their pent up cheers and jeers to the online polls and vote on the most accomplished players and best moments in sports for 2005.”

In addition to serving as the voting hub, the official site (premiosfoxsports.yahoo.com) will also provide access to up-to-date information surrounding the event, including photos and videos from last year’s show. The site will be hosted throughout the Yahoo! Spanish-language network, including Yahoo! Mexico, Yahoo! Argentina and Yahoo! en espanol, where last year more than 300,000 users cast their votes.

Following is a complete list of the 2005 “Premios Fox Sports” award categories and nominees:

OUTSTANDING SOCCER PLAYER
— Carlos Alberto Tevez (Arg) – Corinthians of Brazil
— Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mex) – Club America of Mexico
— Omar Bravo (Mex) – Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico
— Vicente Matias Vuoso (Arg) – Santos Laguna of Mexico
— Victor Hugo Aristizabal (Col) – Atletico Nacional of Colombia

OUTSTANDING GOALIE
— Roberto Abondanzieri (Arg) – Boca Juniors of Argentina
— Johnny Herrera (Chi) Universidad de Chile
— Guillermo Ochoa (Mex) – Club America of Mexico
— Oswaldo Sanchez (Mex) – Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico
— Jose Francisco Porras – Saprissa of Costa Rica

OUTSTANDING SOCCER TEAM
— Saprissa (C. Rica)
— Club America (Mex)
— Velez Sarsfield (Arg)
— Chivas de Guadalajara (Mex)
— Atletico Nacional de Medellin (Col)

OUTSTANDING COACH (Soccer)
— Mario Carrillo (Mex) – Club America of Mexico
— Manuel Pellegrini (Chi) – Villareal of Spain
— Javier Aguirre (Mex) – Osasuan of Spain
— Americo Gallego (Arg) – Club Atletico Newell’s Old Boys of
Argentina
— Ricardo Lavolpe (Arg) – Mexican Nacional Team

OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER
— Eduardo Najera (Mex) – Denver Nuggets, NBA
— Andres Nocioni (Arg) – Chicago Bulls, NBA
— Emanuel Ginobili (Arg) – San Antonio Spurs, NBA
— Luis Scola (Arg) – TAU Vitoria of Spain
— Carlos Arroyo (P. Rico) – Detroit Pistons, NBA

OUTSTANDING TENNIS PLAYER
— Gaston Gaudio (Arg)
— Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
— Guillermo Coria (Arg)
— Mariano Puerta (Arg)
— David Nalbandian (Arg)

OUTSTANDING BOXER
— Diego Corrales (Mex)
— Juan Manuel Marques (Mex)
— Marco Antonio Barrera (Mex)
— Miguel Angel Cotto (P. Rico)
— Erik Morales (Mex)

BEST GOAL COPA LIBERTADORES 2005
— Rafael Medina (Chivas, Mex) against Cienciano of Peru
— Javier Mascherano (River Plate, Arg) against Olmedo of Ecuador
— Juan Samudio (Libertad, Par) against Independiente of Colombia
— Adolfo Bautista (Chivas, Mex) against Boca Juniors of Argentina
— Marcelo Salas (River Plate, Arg) against Liga Deportiva
Universitaria de Quito of Ecuador

OUTSTANDING MOTOR SPORT DRIVER
— Michel Jourdain Jr. (Mex) – NASCAR
— Mario Dominguez (Mex) – Champ Car World Series
— Luis Miguel Diaz (Mex) – Grand AM Series
— Jose Maria Lopez (Arg) – F3000
— Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) – F1

OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER
— Miguel Tejada (R. Dom) – Baltimore Orioles
— Johan Santana (Ven) – Minnesota Twins
— Alex Rodriguez (R. Dom) – NY Yankees
— Carlos Delgado (P. Rico) – Florida Marlins
— Manny Ramirez (R. Dom) – Boston Red Sox

OUTSTANDING YOUTH SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
— Hugo Rodallega (Col)
— Francisco Guillermo Ochoa (Mex)
— Leonel Messi (Arg)
— Matias Fernandez (Chi)
— Fernando Gago (Arg)

OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER PLAYER IN EUROPE
— Rafael Marquez (Mex) – Barcelona of Spain
— Juan Roman Riquelme (Arg) – Villareal of Spain
— Diego Forlan (Uru) – Villareal of Spain
— Juan Pablo Angel (Col) – Aston Villa of England
— Claudio Pizarro (Per) – Bayern Munich of Germany

OUTSTANDING NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
— Paraguay
— Mexico
— Ecuador
— Argentina
— Costa Rica

The 2005 edition of “Premios Fox Sports,” which will air in January 2006, will bring together sports and mainstream celebrities to honor the contributions and achievements of Latino athletes and personalities from a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, motor sports, tennis and boxing. Recording artist and former Sabado Gigante on-air personality Sissi will host the show, alongside actor Jaime Camil. Taped on December 5 from Miami Beach, Florida, “Premios Fox Sports” will air in the United States on Fox Sports en Espanol and throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas on Fox Sports Latin America.