This week's main report looks at the World Cup play-off match between Ireland and France. Listen
to our Irish football correspondent, Brendan, discussing whether Ireland can cause a huge upset and
make it to South Africa 2010. The transcript can be found below, while vocabulary support can be
found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.
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This week's main report looks at the earliest version of the Beautiful Game, Folk Football,
which emerged during the Middle Ages in England. The transcript can be found below, while
vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.
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Football has often been described as the people's game it is, after all, the most popular sport
in the world with millions playing each week.
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On this main report, languagecaster takes a look at a team from the CONCACAF region that has
qualified for the 2010 World Cup Honduras. The transcript of the report is below.
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First a few facts and stats about Honduras.
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On this week's main report we take a look at the world football governing body FIFA.
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'It is an institution that ... has taken on a social, cultural, political and
sporting dimension in the struggle to educate children and defeat poverty. At the same time it has
also become a powerful economic phenomenon.
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This week's main report looks at one of the countries that has already qualified for the 2010
World Cup Paraguay. The transcript of the report is below.
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Bigger than Japan but smaller than Spain, a population slightly larger than Denmark, but smaller
than Hong Kong, and looking forward to their eighth appearance in the World Cup Finals, more than
Portugal but fewer than Hungary which country am I talking about?
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This week's main report looks at the Bundesliga with Hans guiding us through the German
league. The transcript of the report is below and includes vocabulary in bold
which is explained at the foot of the post.
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Hans: Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga.
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Three games in and it's time to take a look at what's happening in Serie A, by most pundits
reckoning the third strongest league in Europe behind the Premier League and la Liga.
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This World Cup Stars post features possibly the greatest player of all time, Diego Maradona. To
help you understand a little better there is a vocabulary list containing the words in
bold at the foot of this post
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Pele may have won more World Cup titles, Ronaldo may have scored more goals, Lothar Matthäus
played more games but no one has dominated the World Cup as much as Diego Maradona.
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's main report we ask whether the Spanish League
is now better than the Premier League. Explanations of key terms are explained in
bold at the end of the transcript below.
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On this week's main report from languagecaster's podcast we find out from an Arsenal fan what he
thinks of his team's chances this season. The transcript from the interview is below while you can
listen by clicking here.
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