England fans will only be able to watch Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine live on the Internet or in a cinema after the match failed to attract a television company, rights holder Kentaro said yesterday.

Setanta had signed a deal with Kentaro to broadcast the Group Six match live but the TV company went into administration in June, leaving the match without a broadcaster. All previously broadcast England matches have been available on television.

Fans who subscribe in advance will be charged £5 ($8) to watch the match in Dnipropetrovsk which Ukraine need to win to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. England have already clinched their place in South Africa.

Previous England matches have been available on free-to-air or cable television and England's home qualifiers are shown on terrestrial television.

England fans' groups have criticised the decision to show the match exclusively on the Internet but the FA stressed yesterday that it had no authority over the match with the rights being sold by the Ukraine FA and their commercial agents.

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