サッカーと英語 // Football & English

Masahiro Sugiyama was born in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. In 2005, he graduated from London Metropolitan University and landed an internship at the Asian Football Confederation. After that, he became coach and manager at the Japanese Soccer Club (LJJ FC) in London, before returning to the Asian Football Confederation in 2011. Masa is now the head of grassroots development in the Technical depart...

In 2016, a US appeals court upheld a $1bn (£700m) settlement between the NFL and a group of retired players who had suffered brain damage as a result of concussions. Since then, says NFL chief medical officer Dr Allen Sills, the organisation has instilled a "very aggressive programme to try and reduce those injuries". In fact, Sills says, the league was able to "reduce concussions by 29%" last yea...

More than a million people have signed Marcus Rashford's petition calling for children from poor families in England to get free meals in school holidays. The Manchester United and England forward wants the government to provide free lunches amid fears for incomes as coronavirus restrictions increase. His Parliamentary petition says that "no child should be going hungry". Last week, British politi...

Original article from Asahi Shinbun Tommy's Top 3 Kits: 1999 Tottenham away kit Australia 'Spew' kit 2019 Tottenham Champions League away kit Tomo's Top 3 Kits: 1993 Tokyo Verdy kit 1998 Perugia kit 2000 Arsenal kit

Premier League clubs should not be allowed to have betting firms on their shirts, a government report has recommended. This season, half of Premier League clubs and 17 of 24 Championship clubs are sponsored by bookmakers. The Chair of the report said "most people who gamble, enjoy it safely. However, gambling related-harm has made the lives of two million people miserable. It leads to hundreds of...

サッカー界での育成年代での最大の格差の1つに、早生まれ問題があります。これは、学年の早い時期に生まれた子供たちは、身体的に成熟しているため、同学年の遅い生まれた子供よりも、体が大きく、足が速く、フィジカル的に有利に立つ場面が多くなる可能性があると研究されてきました。 イングランドのサリー州で行われた研究では、8,000人のプレーヤーをユースリーグで調査したところ、各学年ごとの上位リーグにいるチームほど、...

サッカー選手のセカンドキャリア特集。元日本代表の内田篤人氏のダゾンでの新番組について。セカンドキャリアって英語でなんて言うの？引退後の選手たちの第二の人生の選択について英語で日本語で語ります。// What does life look like after football? What options do footballers have once they hang up their boots? In light of Atsuto Uchida's new TV show, we discuss the various career paths footballers can take af...

今週は、サッカー界で起きている人種差別問題について語っています。大坂なおみ選手、日本で起きている問題などについて // Tommy and Tomo discuss some of the deep issues in football around racism and homophobia, and how Japanese people view and respond to these issues.

今週のトピックは、リーズ監督のマルセロビエルサを取り上げます。トピック2は英語で説明するサッカー用語です。// This week on Football & English we chat about Marcelo Bielsa's style and language and introduce you to some Japanese & English football slang.

サッカーの試合、どうやって見てますか？イギリスでは、土曜3時〜5時はテレビ中継がない？今週は各国のストリーミング観戦についてを語っています。// This week we discuss some of the rules and regulations around watching football on TV, the costs and some of the streaming options in the UK, Japan and Australia.

今週はAmazon Primeの最新「All or Nothing」について。トッテナムを愛するトミーがとても楽しそうにこのシリーズを語ってくれています。Tommy and Tomo take a look at the latest season of Amazon's All or Nothing, focussing on Tommy's beloved Tottenham Hotspur.

今週のトピックは浦和レッズ所属のトーマスデンの「worldie」（ワールドクラス）ゴールの紹介からスタート。その他には海外で活躍する日本人選手の紹介。最後はトミーがこれまでの経験や日本語をどのように学んできたかを話してくれています。This week we cover Thomas Deng's "worldie" of a goal for Urawa and learn some English terms used to describe it, discuss a couple of Japanese players making their way playing...

トミーとトモは、Jリーグでコーチを担当している２人のオーストラリア人、チャンピオンズリーグファイナルについて語り、そしてトモの英語を話す旅の詳細を学びます。Tommy and Tomo talk the J.League as two Australian coaches face-off, the Champions League Final, and learn more about Tomo's journey to speaking English.

Welcome to the first-ever Football in Japanese & English podcast! We are Tommy and Tomo, football fans from Australian and Japan respectively. Each week, we'll cover a different topic in Japanese & English. First up: the return of the Champions League.