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Pre-Listening Vocabulary regulation: related to a rule or standard (e.g., not including overtime) quarter: a period of play that lasts one-fourth of the whole time play: a single period of action or an important movement during a game replay: a recor
Unit 41 Brazilian Football Fans Brazil is famous for its carnivals, beautiful women and football. You can change your wife but you cannot change your mother and your football club. If you are a real fan, you will cherish your team second only to your
Football Hooliganism Football hooliganism is seen by most as disorder involving football fans. Usually this involves criminal activity and in most cases occurs either at or just before or after a football match. Much football-crowd disorder is sponta
By Jim Stevenson Hangzhou, China 16 September 2007 Canada has picked up its first win at the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game Saturday in Hangzhou, where the Canadians scored often against Ghana to g
By Nico Colombant Fetteh, Ghana 17 March 2006 While more and more African football players are making an impact at the top level in Europe, European clubs have started opening up new academies in Afri
By Jim Stevenson Shanghai, China 20 September 2007 Clouds and wind remain in eastern China from the remnants of typhoon Wipha. But the rain has stopped and play is resuming at the 16-nation Women's World Cup football tournament. VOA's Jim Stevenson h
By David Byrd Washington 11 January 2007 In a move that is sure to send reverberations throughout international football, English star David Beckham has decided to sign with the U.S. Major League Soccer League. As VOA's David Byrd reports, the man kn
By Franz Wild Abidjan 23 May 2006 As Ivory Coast prepares to play in its first football World Cup, many in the war-divided country are pinning their hopes of peace on the sport. Politicians recently o
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 10 February 2006 Host nation Egypt has defeated Ivory Coast in the final of the 2006 African Cup of Nations. In the divided West African country, the loss has also dashed hop
Lesson 22 [00:03.07]第二十二课 [00:06.14]1.Just practise [00:08.11]1.练习 [00:10.08]Are there any games for boys/girls? Yes,there are./No, there aren't. [00:20.38]男孩/女孩有许多比赛吗? 是的,有很多./不,这没 有. [00:30.67]Whe
IN THE NEWS - Sex Abuse Case Shakes Penn State Football; 72-Game NBA Season? This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the coach with the most wins ever in major college football in the United States lost his job. The governing board of
By June Soh Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch DC Divas report DC Divas women football team in action American football has long been a man's sport. But there are women football players who want to sh
Several of the world's top footballers came to Rwanda this week to play a charity match in support of the country's genocide survivors. The VOA correspondent reports from Kigali on the unifying power of sports in a country still healing from the div
NY's Yankee Stadium to Host International Football Match Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York is home to one of the worlds greatest baseball teams, the New York Yankees. On July 22, the stadium will host a World Football Challenge match as European
US Youth Football Group Issues Rules to Prevent Head Injuries Bumping heads, part of the game The rough-and-tumble game of American football. Players colliding. It is not a sight many parents want to see. In recent years, helmets have been designed t
US Football to Alter Personal Conduct Policy to Help Curb Abuse of Women WASHINGTON The U.S. National Football League says it plans to improve its personal conduct policies following the release of a video showing one of its biggest stars beating his
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 May 2006 A football (soccer) scandal in Italy is taking its toll. One Italian referee's accreditation to the upcoming World Cup in Germany has been withdrawn, and prosec
(SOUNDBITE OF W.G. SNUFFY WALDEN'S 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' THEME) DAVID GREENE, HOST: That theme song - I could play it any time of day. It's from Friday Night Lights. I was totally addicted. It is the story of a high school football team from West Tex
Todd: So, Melissa, the Super Bowl is coming up. And what do you think about football? Melissa: I think it's really interesting. This Japanese guy recently told me it was the most interesting sport to watch because of the rules, but unfortunately I do
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 12 November 2007 During South Africa's apartheid era, many of the nation's black activists were detained in a notorious island prison near Cape Town. A new film is revealing a bit of hidden history about prison life. Th