Football News: James Needs Knee Surgery, Martínez Apologises, Watford Deny Sacking
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There is a lot of football news today.
A player named James needs knee surgery. This means doctors will fix his knee. He cannot play football for some time.
A man called Martínez said sorry. He had an outburst before. This means he showed strong anger in public. Now he is sorry for it.
Watford is a football club. People said the club will sack its manager. To sack someone means to tell them to leave their job. But Watford said this news is not true. They called it fake news. This means false information.
The weekend has many football games. The Premier League is the top football league in England. Fans want to see ten important things this weekend.
Vocabulary15 words
- knee
- the middle part of your leg that bends
- surgery
- when a doctor opens the body to fix something
- outburst
- a sudden show of strong feeling, like anger
- club
- a team that people play sport for
- sack
- to make someone leave their job
- fake news
- news that is not true
- Premier League
- the top football competition in England
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- report
- news about something that happened
- deny
- to say something is not true
- apologise
- to say sorry
- injury
- damage to the body
- fan
- a person who loves a sports team
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Answer key
1. For his knee 2. He said sorry for an outburst 3. They are fake news
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There is a lot of football _____ today.
A player named James needs knee _____. This means doctors will fix his knee.
A man called Martínez said _____. He had an _____ before.
Watford is a football _____.
People said the club will _____ its manager.
But Watford said this news is not true. They called it _____ news.
The _____ has many football games.
The Premier League is the top football _____ in England.
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