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Main Report 14: Ireland vs France

languagecaster.com 12 November @ 01:24 PM EST

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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Week 13 Main report: Folk Football

languagecaster.com 06 November @ 04:17 PM EST

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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Week 12: Main Report – Honduran Football

languagecaster.com 31 October @ 08:48 PM EST

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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Main Report: FIFA

languagecaster.com 24 October @ 12:41 PM EST

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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Week 8: Main Report – Paraguayan Football

languagecaster.com 02 October @ 04:11 AM EST

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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Week 7: Main Report – the Bundesliga 2009/10

languagecaster.com 25 September @ 07:07 PM EST

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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Main Report: Week 6 – Serie A

languagecaster.com 18 September @ 01:37 AM EST
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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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Week 4: Main Report - World Cup Stars - Maradona

languagecaster.com 05 September @ 04:18 AM EST
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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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Week 3: Main Report - La Liga or the Premier League?

languagecaster.com 28 August @ 06:38 PM EST

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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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Week 1: Main Report

languagecaster.com 14 August @ 07:28 PM EST

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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