FIFA Bans Players After World Cup Final Fight
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FIFA is the group that controls world football.
There was a fight after the World Cup final match.
Now FIFA has given bans to five players.
A ban means a player cannot play matches for some time.
Paredes got a ban for 10 matches.
Molina got a ban for seven matches.
Ayala got a ban for three matches.
Almada got a ban for one match.
Gavi also got a ban for one match.
The fight happened after the final match ended.
FIFA said the players were part of an incident.
An incident is something bad that happens.
The players cannot play for their teams during the ban.
FIFA gives bans to stop bad behavior in football.
This news is about football rules and player behavior.
Vocabulary15 words
- FIFA
- the group that makes rules for world football
- ban
- a rule that stops someone from doing something
- incident
- something that happens, often bad
- final
- the last match that decides the winner
- sanction
- a punishment for breaking a rule
- World Cup
- a big football competition between countries
- match
- a game of football
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- fight
- when people hit or push each other
- team
- a group of players who play together
- punish
- to give someone a penalty for doing wrong
- rule
- something you must follow
- behavior
- the way a person acts
- penalty
- a punishment for breaking a rule
- control
- to have power over something
Quiz
Answer key
1. Paredes 2. Seven 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
FIFA is the group that controls world _____.
There was a _____ after the World Cup final match.
Now FIFA has given bans to five _____.
A ban means a player cannot play _____ for some time.
_____ got a ban for 10 matches.
Molina got a ban for _____ matches.
Ayala got a ban for _____ matches.
Almada got a ban for _____ match.
Gavi also got a ban for one _____.
FIFA said the players were part of an _____.