When it is not raining cricket on ESPN-Star Sports, you can be sure there will be a flood of football for soccer lovers.

ESPN is telecasting the English Premier Football League 2002-03 played in England, live on ESPN. The Blackburn Rovers tackle Manchester United on 22 December at 7.45 pm while Liverpool play Everton at 9.30 pm. The Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur match from the league will be telecast live on 24 December at 1.45 am on Star Sports.

Viewers can also watch the New York Jets versus England Patriots match live from the US at 6.58 am and Valencia Cf versus Deportivo (the Spanish Football League 2002-03) telecast from Spain on ESPN at 12.00 am, a day later.

It's not as if cricket buffs are being left out in the cold. They can feast their eyes on the live telecast of the fifth one-day international match between Australia and Sri Lanka to be played at Perth in Australia on ESPN on 22 December at 10.58 am..