World Cup 2014: BBC and ITV announce split for England's World Cup games Philip Bernie, BBC head of TV sport said: "We're very pleased with our selection of matches. We also have some extremely appetising peak-time group games, including Spain v Holland, Spain v Chile, Brazil v ­Mexico and Germany v Ghana. Niall Sloane, ITV director of sport, said: "We're looking forward to showing live two of England's three group matches as well as two of Brazil's, including the tournament's opening game between the hosts and Croatia in Sao Paulo. We will also broadcast the key match between two of Europe's most fancied sides, Germany and Portugal, as well as a chance to gauge the form of the other South American heavyweights, Argentina, in two of their group matches. The change of kick-off time for England's opening match compounded their nightmare draw, with manager Roy Hodgson having wanted the game to start as late as possible because of the heat and humidity in Manaus. He had wanted to avoid the Amazonian capital altogether, something that infuriated the city's mayor, who initially said England would not be welcome there. Hodgson attempted to make peace with Arthur Virgilio Neto following the World Cup draw, claiming he would invite him to watch his side train. But further media scrutiny of the conditions they are likely to face in Manaus next summer has prompted Neto to plan a trip to the UK to ­correct any misconceptions about the city. "I want to meet Hodgson face to face," he said. Hodgson might be uneducated, but he is not necessarily a bad person. Neto also plans to hold a press conference in London but has made up his mind who he will be backing on June 14. "Italy will have a crowd on their side they never expected, and that includes the mayor of Manaus," he said. Meanwhile, BT Sport yesterday confirmed it would show Arsenal's Premier League clash against Manchester United in February. The new broadcaster had first option on the Wednesday, Feb 12 evening game after securing that right on all midweek matches in the packages it bought when it entered the pay-TV market. At the start of the season, it looked like the one fixture Sky Sports would have wanted that appeared destined for BT Sport. With United struggling in the table, it suddenly has less value than it might have had, but BT also managed to grab the meeting of the current top two, Liverpool and Arsenal, at Anfield on Feb 8. It will also show Chelsea v Everton on Feb 22. However, Sky Sports secured the rights to a potentially pivotal clash in the title race between Manchester City and Chelsea on Feb 3, as well as several other games leading teams in the top flight. They include Liverpool's trip to West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal's game with Crystal Palace the previous day and Tottenham Hotspur's meeting with Everton on Feb 9. Sky will also show United twice, at home to Fulham on the same day, and away at Palace on Feb 23. Sky is expected to dominate the best fixtures for the final three months of the season and is likely to focus many of its selections on where it believes the title will be won. No other broadcaster has shown the title-winning game live in the UK since Sky first brought the rights to Premier League football. World Cup 2014 - Group stage game split 12 June 9pm ITV Brazil v Croatia 13 June 5pm ITV Mexico v Cameroon 8pm BBC Spain v Netherlands 11pm ITV Chile v Australia 14 June 5pm BBC Columbia v Greece 8pm ITV Uruguay v Costa Rica 11pm BBC England v Italy 2am ITV Ivory Coast v Japan 15 June 5pm ITV Switzerland v Ecuador 8pm BBC France v Honduras 11pm BBC Argentina v Bosnia 16 June 5pm ITV Germany v Portugal 8pm BBC Iran v Nigeria 11pm BBC Ghana v USA 17 June 8pm BBC Brazil v Mexico 5pm ITV Belgium v Algeria 11pm BBC Russia v South Korea 18 June 11pm ITV Cameroon v Croatia 5pm ITV Australia v Holland 8pm BBC Spain v Chile 19 June 5pm BBC Columbia v Ivory Coast 11pm BBC Japan v Greece 8pm ITV England v Uruguay 20 June 8pm ITV France v Switzerland 5pm BBC Italy v Costa Rica 11pm ITV Honduras v Ecuador 21 June 8pm BBC Germany v Ghana 5pm ITV Argentina v Iran 11pm BBC Nigeria v Bosnia 22 June 5pm BBC Belgium v Russia 11pm BBC USA v Portugal 8pm ITV South Korea v Algeria 23 June 9pm ITV Cameroon v Brazil 9pm ITV Croatia v Mexico 5pm ITV Australia v Spain 5pm ITV Holland v Chile 24 June 9pm BBC Japan v Columbia 9pm BBC Greece v Ivory Coast 5pm ITV England v Costa Rica 25 June 9pm BBC Ecuador v France 9pm BBC Honduras v Switzerland 5pm ITV Nigeria v Argentina 5pm ITV Bosnia v Iran 26 June 9pm ITV South Korea v Belgium 9pm ITV Algeria v Russia 5pm BBC USA V Germany 5pm BBC Portugal v Ghana