They were going to broadcast the final match of the world league, and Italy was going to play.

broadcast 是动词，由 broad（广泛的）和 cast（投掷、发送）组成，字面意思是"广泛发送"，引申为"广播、播送、直播"的意思。这里指通过电视或网络等媒体进行比赛直播。