(8 June 2006 2:00 pm)

MUMBAI: With only one day to go for the big event, Doordarshan has secured the telecast rights for four matches of the 2006 Fifa World Cup, including the big final to be played on 9 July.

The rights allow the channel to telecast the opening ceremony live from Germany on Friday 9 June from 7 50 pm to 8 30 pm on DD-1. This will be followed by a live telecast of the opening match between Germany Vs. Costa Rica from Munich, from 9 30 pm to 11 30 pm.

The semi finals to be held on 4 and 5 July respectively, will also be telecast live on DD-1.

As mentioned earlier, the final on 9 July will be telecast at 11 30 pm on DD-1 on terrestrial mode.

Meanwhile, a one hour capsule of highlights of daily matches will also be telecast from 4 pm to 5 pm from 10 to 28 June and in the first week of July.

To key in on all the action, every match telecast on the channel will be preceeded and followed by a pre-match and post-match analysis.