Jaguares de Chiapas of Mexico @ Fox Sports en Español.

Fox Sports en Español has secured the exclusive, live U.S. telecast rights to all home games of Jaguares de Chiapas, one of Mexico’s first division soccer teams, for the 2003/2004 season. The games will be televised on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. (ET)/1:00 p.m. (PT). Fox Sports en Español will air up to 19 games plus any home playoff games of the Jaguares during the season that runs through May 2004.

In a separate deal, Fox Sports en Español has also acquired the U.S. telecast rights to the home games of six Costa Rican first division teams: Saprissa, Perez-Heledon, Santa Barbara, San Carlos, Cartagines and Guanacasteca. The network will broadcast a total of 44 games during the upcoming season, with telecasts set to begin Thursday, August 21.

“The Mexican and Costa Rican first division teams are major additions to our soccer programming lineup,” said David Sternberg, General Manager of Fox Sports en Español. “These acquisitions demonstrate Fox Sports en Español’s commitment to providing U.S. Hispanic sports fans with the finest soccer coverage available anywhere.”

Mexican and Costa Rican soccer join a network programming roster that includes season-long league competitions from Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras and the United States, as well as the Barclaycard English Premier League, widely acknowledged as the world’s best soccer league. Fox Sports en Español also holds exclusive rights to the world’s best soccer tournaments, including the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa Sudamericana, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the recently concluded 2003 ChampionsWorld Series in the United States, which featured Manchester United, Club America, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and Celtic.

Fox Sports en Español is available through affiliated cable systems and through DIRECTV and Dish Network satellite providers. Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst; Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE: FOX) and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International; and Liberty Media Corporation.

For more information visit Fox Sports en Español online at http://www.fse.terra.com