Fox Soccer is an American

United States

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 television specialty channel

Specialty channel

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, owned by News Corporation

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's Fox Entertainment Group

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, that specializes in soccer

Football (soccer)

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. It formerly broadcast rugby

Rugby football

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 and Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer. Launched on November 1, 1997, when it was originally known as Fox Sports World, the channel took its current name in 2005, later dropping the word "channel" from its name on August 13, 2011. In 2006, all non-soccer programming (other than Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News

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 - see below) was dropped.
The channel focuses on soccer throughout the world.