Dish Network has launched Pasiones, a new Spanish-language channel dedicated to the soap opera/telenovela genre, officials said Tuesday.

Brazil capitalised on an early blunder by goalkeeper Sebastian Viera to thrash Uruguay 4-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday and claim their first away win over their smaller neighbours for 33 years.

Soccer may not be the be all and end all for most in this country but for the tens of thousands of African Canadians, Polish Canadians and Portuguese Canadians – because of the FIFA under-20 World Cup coming to Canada this summer – most of July will stand still.

In my seventh year as a trustee of the International Mission Board, I continue to stand in awe of the incredible thing God has done by bringing together Southern Baptist churches.