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Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words
Inspired by poetry and stories about soccer, students of all ages might enjoy a cascarita—an informal, improvised game—with words instead of a football. (Jan 6)
Spain | ‘Fallen from the Sky,’ by Javier Marías (chapter 15)
On 27 Apr 06 we wrote in commemoration of Zinédine Zidane’s pending retirement from club and international soccer. When he left the pitch for the last time at Real Madrid’s home ground, the Santiago Bernabéu, “he looked fragile, almost birdlike.”
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I was sick of football / before I understood / What the game was.... (Ted Hughes, "Football," 1995)
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- China | ‘Penalty Phase,’ by Gay Talese (chapter 43)
- Ukraine | ‘The Dynamo Team,’ by Anatoly Kuznetsov (chapter 38)
- Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’)
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- The Writers’ League | Israeli trophy leads to ‘emptiness of the day after’
- The Writers’ League | For 3 days in Tel Aviv, football becomes more than metaphor
- Translations | How ‘newspapers’ become ‘body bags’ when translating the global game
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