| Thanks to the miracle of modern technology | | | | watch these channels at any given time the |
| its now possible to watch live football | | | | stronger the signal gets as your computer |
| (Soccer) or any other popular sports on your | | | | will act as sort of a repeater, so while you |
| PC free of charge. In order to watch the live | | | | are watching you are actually strenghening |
| games you must first download one of the free | | | | the signal for everyone else. Currently |
| P2P programs that are widely available. | | | | Sopcast and TVU seem to the most popular p2p |
| Currently there is around eight of these p2p | | | | program to use, probably because they are |
| programs available on the net but as with any | | | | both Spyware / popup free and thousands of |
| software i'm sure more will appear in the | | | | channels can be found from ESPN, Star Sports, |
| future. The main eight programs are PPlive, | | | | Sport Channel 1, 2, 3 and 4, SHTV, Guangdong |
| Sopcast, TVU Player, Pcast, PPstream, TVants, | | | | Sports, the list is endless. According to |
| PPmate anf TVkoo. These p2p programs all work | | | | statistics Sopcast has been downloaded by |
| in relatively the same way, firstly you | | | | over 2 million people and hundreds of |
| install the freeware program onto your | | | | thousands of people could watch the bigger |
| computer. Within each program is a channel | | | | games. PPlive used to be the most popular but |
| list, when the channel you want to watch is | | | | now will only broadcast in China. The |
| clicked on it will launch in the player. | | | | football games that can be found on these |
| However as most of these programs are | | | | channels include all English and European |
| developed in Asia you may find some of the | | | | football leagues, Champions League, |
| channel lists are in Chinese, Korean, | | | | International football, russian football |
| Japenese etc This program can easily be | | | | leagues, Chinese Ultra League, again the list |
| solved by a quick search for the thousands of | | | | is pretty much endless. Outside of football |
| sites providing live schedules or even links | | | | you can also find live cricket, tennis, |
| from their sites direct to the football | | | | boxing, American Football, Ice Hockey and any |
| games. The channels actually originate from | | | | other popular worlwide sports. So the |
| people sharing their TV signal, so if you had | | | | arguments for becoming a fan of football over |
| a TV card installed on your computer you | | | | the internet are quite suffient, its free, |
| could also share your channels with everyone | | | | easy to use, instant and extremely |
| else. Most of the streaming football or other | | | | convinient. All you need is a computer, |
| major sports will have volunteers who will | | | | online access and of the course the passion |
| agree to share their TV stations for each and | | | | to watch live football on your PC. |
| every live match. The more people that then | | | | |