One Billion Will Be Watching

Manchester United's visit to Arsenal today promises to deliver the greatest global television audience for a Premier League game with officials claiming it could be watched by an astonishing one billion people.

The 12.45pm kick-off time between English football's two most exciting sides slots perfectly into mid-evening in the football-obsessed Far East, which should send the viewing figures spiralling.

"It is not an exaggeration to say it could be watched by one billion people," said a Premier League spokesman. The match is available in 202 countries with the feed going into 600 million homes." (Daily Telegraph)