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World Series to be televised in Russia for the first time
September 25, 2003

NEW YORK (AP) - The World Series will be televised in Russia for the first time ever this year.

The games next month will be televised by SPORT, an over-the-air network that began broadcasts in June, the commissioner's office said Thursday.

Slava Fetisov, Russia's Minister of Sport, met Thursday with baseball officials, who said they will help develop the sport in Russia by assisting with youth and coaching development.

On Wednesday, a Russian youth team played an exhibition game in New York against a team from the Harlem RBI program.

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