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Football Shorts - Episode 1 - HOST CITIES SIGN UP
VIENNA'S HISTORIC TOWN HALL WAS THE BACKDROP FOR ONE OF MANY CEREMONIES LEADING UP TO THE 2008 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE FINALS WILL BE HOSTED JOINTLY BY AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND. MAYORS OF THE AUSTRIAN CITIES VIENNA,...
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Football Shorts - Episode 8 ENGLAND PREPARES FOR ANDORRA EURO 2008
THE ENGLAND TEAM WAS EXPECTING ITS FIRST COMPETITIVE MATCH UNDER STEVE MCCLAREN TO BE A GOAL BONANZA. THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE OPENING MATCH OF THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS WERE ANDORRA, A EUROPEAN PRINCIPALITY WHICH BARELY HAS A POPULATION...
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Football Shorts - Episode 130 ENGLAND PONDERS GOING GLOBAL
THERE WERE MIXED REACTIONS AMONGST FOOTBALL FANS IN LONDON RECENTLY WHEN NEWS BROKE OF A PROPOSAL FOR ENGLAND'S TOP FLIGHT TEAMS TO PLAY LEAGUE MATCHES OVERSEAS. THE PLAN LOOKS TO A START IN THE 2010-11 SEASON AND ALL 20 CLUBS AGREED TO...
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Football Shorts - Episode 68 ENGLAND COACH FAILS
STEVE MCCLAREN HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE ENGLAND TEAM SINCE HE TOOK OVER FROM SVEN GORAN-ERIKSSON JUST BEFORE THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS STARTED. HIS FIRST MAJOR DECISION WAS TO DUMP POPULAR CAPTAIN DAVID BECKHAM. TERRY VENABLES WAS...
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Football Shorts - Episode 121 MANCHESTER UNITED AIR CRASH
IN 1958 MANCHESTER UNITED WERE A TEAM OF YOUNG CHAMPIONS. THEY HAD WON ENGLAND S FIRST DIVISION IN 1956 AND 1957. THE YOUNGSTERS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MATT BUSBY AND DUBBED BUSBY S BABES, WERE DOING WELL IN THE EUROPEAN CUP. ON...
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Football Shorts - Episode 111 CAPELLO HAS PROBLEMS
FABIO CAPELLO HAS HAD A GLITTERING CAREER IN CLUB MANAGEMENT AND WAS ALSO A TOP PLAYER, WINNING 32 CAPS FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE HAS WON NINE LEAGUE TITLES IN ITALY AND SPAIN.
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Football Shorts - Episode 91 FABIO CAPELLO
IT BECAME BIG NEWS IN ENGLAND AND IN ITALY AS FABIO CAPELLO BECAME THE FRONTRUNNER TO TAKE OVER AS ENGLAND COACH AFTER ASTON VILLA S MARTIN O'NEILL RULED HIMSELF OUT. THE ITALIAN WAS SACKED BY REAL MADRID IN JUNE 2007 FOR HIS DEFENSIVE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 75 MARADONA FILM
A NEW MOVIE ABOUT DIEGO MARADONA CONCENTRATES ON MARADONA S LIFE OFF THE PITCH. THE ITALIAN DIRECTOR, MARCO RISI, EXPRESSES UNABASHED ADMIRATION FOR THE ARGENTINE IDOL. THE FILM IS CALLED "MARADONA, THE HAND OF GOD". THE TITLE COMES FROM...
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Football Shorts - Episode 67 CROATIA PREPARES FOR ENGLAND
THE CROATIAN SQUAD WAS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY AHEAD OF THE MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND, THEIR LAST GAME IN THE QUALIFYING SERIES. COACH SLAVEN BILIC SAID HIS SIDE WOULD NOT BE OVERAWED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AT WEMBLEY BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 51 ENGLAND TO FACE GERMANY IN FRIENDLY
ENGLAND'S SQUAD TRAINED NORTH OF LONDON AS THEY PREPARED TO MEET OLD RIVALS GERMANY IN A FRIENDLY AT THE NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM: THE GAME WOULD BE MISSED BY MANY OF THE TWO TEAMS FIRST CHOICE PLAYERS.
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Football Shorts - Episode 50 WEMBLEY STADIUM
ENGLAND S NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM IS FINALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS. REBUILDING OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL S LEGENDARY VENUE TOOK FAR LONGER THAN HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SCHEDULED AND THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM MULTIPLEX FACES SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES DUE TO PENALTY...
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Football Shorts - Episode 42 BECKHAM AND OWEN RETURN TO ENGLAND SQUAD
FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN DAVID BECKHAM REJOINED HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE ENGLAND SQUAD AS THE TEAM TRAINED FOR A FRIENDLY WITH BRAZIL AT LONDON'S NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM. AND, STRIKER MICHAEL OWEN WAS BACK WITH THE SENIOR ENGLAND SQUAD FOR THE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 40 ENGLAND WINS POORLY AGAINST ANDORRA
ENGLAND DID BEAT ANDORRA IN THE EURO 2008 QUALIFIER PLAYED IN BARCELONA BUT, THAT A TEAM OF EXPENSIVE PROFESSIONALS COULD BE SO THOROUGHLY RESISTED FOR SO LONG BY THE AMATEUR ANDORRAN SIDE WAS UNIMPRESSIVE AND THE ENGLISH FANS ABUSED...
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Football Shorts - Episode 39 ANDORRA PREPARE TO MEET ENGLAND
ENGLAND WERE TO FACE ANDORRA IN A EURO 2008 QUALIFIER THAT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY END IN VICTORY FOR STEVE MCCLAREN'S MEN, BUT WAS UNLIKELY TO EASE THE PRESSURE ON ENGLAND S UNPOPULAR MANAGER. ANDORRA ENJOYED THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL...
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Football Shorts - Episode 29 BRITISH WORLD CUP BID
ENGLAND IS IN A STRONG POSITION TO BID FOR THE 2018 WORLD CUP FINALS. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN REITERATED HIS SUPPORT FOR A BID, SAYING ENGLAND WAS WELL PLACED IN TERMS OF STADIUMS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORT, SHOULD THE FA...
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Football Shorts - Episode 23 - ENGLAND PREPARES FOR FRIENDLY AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS
AMIDST THE FLURRY OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE EURO 2008 FINALS GROUP E TEAM ENGLAND TOOK TIME FOR A FRIENDLY AGAINST GROUP G TEAM THE NETHERLANDS AT THE AJAX STADIUM IN AMSTERDAM.
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Football Shorts - Episode 22 - TENSION IN ZAGREB AS ENGLISH AND CROATIAN FANS MINGLE
THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CROATIA FANS AS LARGE GROUPS OF ENGLAND FANS GATHERED IN CENTRAL ZAGREB AND MINGLED WITH THE HOME SUPPORTERS. RIOT POLICE HAD BEEN DEPLOYED IN NUMBERS TO PREVENT ANY CROWD TROUBLE AHEAD...
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Football Shorts - Episode 20 CROATIA PREPARES FOR MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND
CROATIA S FOOTBALL TEAM WERE HOPING TO EXTEND THEIR RUN OF 29 INTERNATIONAL WINS AT HOME BEFORE THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST ENGLAND. BUT, A UEFA SPOKESMAN WARNED CROATIA COULD BE EXPELLED IF THEIR FANS REPEATED RACIST BEHAVIOUR...
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Don’t Let Them In! The Urban Legends of Black-Eyed Children
An urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. But the...
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Charles Darwin: The Making of a Naturalist
Discover the journey of Charles Darwin from a disinterested medical student to a pioneering naturalist. This video traces Darwin’s early life, his transformative experiences at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge, and his epic...
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Darwin's Finches: Unraveling the Mysteries of Evolution
Dive into the story of how Charles Darwin's discovery of diverse finch species in the Galápagos led to revolutionary insights into natural selection. From beak variations to adaptation strategies, this video breaks down the key...
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Othello and Race: Exploring Racial Constructs and Power in Shakespeare's World
This video delves into the racial themes and ideologies within Shakespeare's "Othello," exploring how race and racial identities were constructed in early modern England. The discussion focuses on how these constructs influence societal...
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Dr. Forrester describes how immigrants from all over the world came to America to make up what is now a melting pot of American people. She describes why many of the immigrants came and what they found when they immigrated to the New World.