This week’s football review section looks back at some of the big football stories from the past few days including the Asian Cup group stage, problems at AC Milan and the criticism of referees in England.
Listening Report: The Ballon d’Or 2013
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This week’s listening report takes a look back at the Ballon d’Or 2013 award.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Messi Ballon d’Or Winner and QPR Fire Manager
In this week’s review of the footballing action, we congratulate Lionel Messi for winning his third FIFA Ballon d’Or award, look back at a bad week for his club Barcelona and an ugly end for Neil Warnock as he is fired from QPR.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Blue New Year, Mosquitos and Liverpool
In this week’s review of the footballing action, we congratulate Manchester City, wonder how long Ronaldo will be out after picking up a nasty illness and spotlight Liverpool’s controversial defence of their banned Uruguayan striker, Suarez.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Barca, Bolton and Bust-ups
n this week’s review of the footballing action, we take a look back at the first El Clásico of the season, wonder what has happened to Bolton and hear about a clash in the Ajax boardroom.
Main Listening Report: Euro 2012 play-offs
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With 12 team already qualified for next summer’s European Championships in Poland/Ukraine the remaining four spots will be filled on Tuesday after the two-legged games between the best runners-up in the qualifying groups. Here we take a look at the eight sides and pick out the four teams we think will make it to the finals.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Ronaldo, Moggi and Wigan Spitting Row
In this week’s review section, we congratulate Ronaldo, while former Juventus boss is jailed and Wigan defender causes a spitting row.
Main Listening Report: Preview of La Liga 2011-12
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This week’s main report takes a look at this season’s Spanish League: La Liga 2011-12. This report has a transcript and explanations of key vocabulary
Main Listening Report: Review of La Liga 2011
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The 2011 Spanish League season has ended and on this week’s main report we take a look back at some of the highs and lows of the La Liga.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Messi, Mourinho and Twitter
Leo Messi lights up a nasty Champions League semi-final, one that had been darkened by Jose Mourinho, while Darren Gibson decides that twitter is not for him. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast where can find explanations of key vocabulary
Languagecaster Podcast 28: Ronaldo’s Retirement
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Main Listening Report: Ronaldo – O Fenômeno
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This week saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenômeno, Ronaldo.
Main Listening Report: Week 16: Campeonato Brasileiro (The Brazilian Championship)
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 15
[print_link] | Subscribe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly A busy week of international sees some good and bad news for Portuguese football stars and Joey Barton makes it to our ugly section again. Good to have him back! These stories all feature this week in languagecaster’s review of the footballing news from around […]
Poll: Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?
A simple choice between two of the world’s top players, Barcelona’s Leo Messi or Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo – who would you choose as the world’s number 1? Who would you prefer to have in your team? Click on the poll below and let us know which of these two La Liga superstars you think […]
Week 16: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Champions League action, the return of two scoring heroes and unfortunately some more violence from Argentinian football all feature in this week’s the good, the bad and the ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post. Good Good for Spanish giants, Real Madrid, who go top […]
Main Report: Week 9 World Cup Qualifiers
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Vélez Sarsfield pipped Huracán to the Clausura championship in Argentina, Benzama and Ronaldo are officially unveiled at Real Madrid, Kashima, despite drawing with Kawasaki in Japan’s J-League, have opened up a healthy gap at the top of the league. But perhaps the biggest news was the shock signing of former Liverpool star, Michael Owen, for Manchester […]
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Last week, saw the confederations Cup reach its climax with an exciting game seeing Brazil come from two goals down to beat the USA 3-2. The USA certainly impressed the worldwide audience by beating Spain and going close against the South American powerhouse. Perhaps their world ranking of 12 is merited. In other news, it […]
Podcast 43: A Quick Look Back at 2008-2009
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