Mumbai, October 8: Ten Sports, will bring on the passion and sublime skill of South American soccer when it telecasts live the World Cup Qualifying match of defending world champions Brazil and Argentina.

Brazil will be away in Bolivia on Sunday, followed by a home match against Venezuela on Wednesday, while Argentina will be at home against Peru on Sunday, followed by a trip to Uruguay on Wednesday.

With both Brazil and Argentina already qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, fans are looking forward to some daring tactics and free play from the superstars-laden teams.

The live telecast of the Brazil-Bolivia match begins at 1:30 am on Monday, October 10, and will be followed by the Argentina-Peru match which kicks off at 3:30 am. The Brazil-Venezuela match starts 6:00 am on Thursday, October 13, while the Argentina-Uruguay tie starts 10:30 am on Thursday.

For those who are not able to catch the late-night live action, the full match will be repeated on Ten Sports during the day time.

Argentina currently leads the table with 31 points from 16 matches with nine wins and three losses. Brazil is one point behind with eight wins and two losses from similar number of matches. Ecuador (26 pts, 16 matches, eight wins, six losses), Paraguay (25 pts, 16 matches, seven wins, five losses) and Uruguay (21 pts, 16 matches, five wins, five losses) are the next three teams.

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