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On this week's show we put the spotlight on Honduran football as we continue to take a look at the countries that will be competing in next year's World Cup. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a huge collection of football...

On this week's main report we take a look at the world football governing body FIFA.

On this week's show we take a look at the world governing body of football FIFA Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and transcripts...

World Cup Stars: Lev Yashin - In this podcast we look at another World Cup star - former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin.

Lev Yashin

Listen to the report here Transcript Footballing superstars Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have much in common: known throughout the world as skillful players that can win a game single-handedly. Yet they also share the possibility that they may not appear in next year's World Cup finals. In addition, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andre Arshavin, Luca Modric, Thierry Henry, Karim Benzema, Michael Ballack, Samuel Eto'o and Kun Aguero may not be playing in South Africa in June 2010. In this week's main report we ...

The final set of World Cup qualifiers takes place in Europe, South America and Africa this week and so on this week's podcast we feature some of the major stars who might not make it to the finals in South Africa next June. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Res...

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. Try our onlineA listening quiz. Listen to the report here Transcript 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? South America...

During the build up to the World Cup in South Africa, languagecaster will take a look at some of the countries taking part as well as taking a look back at some of the great players in World Cup history. This week we turn the spotlight on one of the less famous South American countries, Paraguay. It's also your last chance to sign up to our newsletter and have a chance of winning a Brazilian shirt! Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expressio...

Football Cliché: To run your socks off

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. Listen to the report here Transcript Hans: Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga. My name is Hans and I'm delighted this season because my team SC Freiburg are back in the top flight after several seasons in the second league. However, as always with the Bundesliga, everybody is talking abou...

Bundesliga 2009

This week's English for Football expression is no pushovers. The basic meaning is when a team suggests that it will not be beaten easily despite what many people think, i.e. they are weak.

This week languagecaster.com takes a look at Serie A - who are the favourites, the dark horses, the newcomers? We also take a look at all the football news from the past week and look ahead to some of the big games this weekend. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Languag...

After the excitement of World Cup qualifiers we turn our attention this week to the Champions League group stage which kicks off next week. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, footb...

This week is World Cup qualifying week, so we continue our feature which takes a look at some of the great World Cup players through the ages. Second in the series is Argentinian sensation, Maradona

On this week's show we introduce the phrase 'Can't win the title in August but you can lose it' which is used...

[print_link] | Listen to the report here 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. Listen to this week's show here TRANSCRIPT Spain or England? The much-anticipated Spanish football season, La Liga, kicks off this weekend, and it is one which Ronaldo now claims is the best league in the world - though that may only be bec...

La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now better than the Premier League. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions competition Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossa...

On this week's show we start a feature which takes a look at some of the great World Cup players through the ages. Of course next year is the 2010 World Cup, so we hope you'll enjoy our look at some of the best players to grace any football field. To start we look at Pelé. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle in the Predictions competition Listen only to the main report her...

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. Listen to this week's show here Transcript [print_link] DF: Now we have got Andy who is an Arsenal season ticket holder. We're going to be looking forward to the 2009-2010 season. Andy, how are you doing? Andy: I am doing very well thank you. DF: Good stuff and what are your hop...

The Premier League season kicks off this weekend which means that languagecaster's football podcast is back. On this week's first show of the season we hear from an Arsenal fan on his team's prospects for the year. Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly Check out a new football expression in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle in the Predictions competition Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript For learners of English check ...

I don't like football: An interview with a non-football fan

[print_link] | Teaching Ideas In this teaching ideas post we have an interview with Arsenal fan Andy who tells us about some of his memories while supporting the Gunners. Vocabulary in bold is explained at the end of the post Download the worksheet here Listen to the interview here Damian: Right, today we have got an Arsenal season ticket holder giving us his views on all things Gunners. Hello, how are you doing? Could you please introduce yourself. Andy: Hi yes, my name is Andy Robertson, I hav...