Rare are those players that leave a lasting impression beyond what you see on the pitch. In 2014, Neymar, who went from sharing a small room with his family to becoming a global icon, is one of those players. And it’s not based upon what he has done…
This is the life story of Brazilian football legend Ronaldo – expressed in a series of sketches created by a talented group of people at Campeones. The visual summaries his time as a child in Brazil, to his move to Europe with PSV Eindhoven culminating in vital roles…
What better location to test out a solar powered football pitch than Brazil? Well, there are but Brazil’s first player-powered football pitch was inaugurated on Wednesday in a Rio de Janeiro’s slum, which basically exploits the kinetic energy of players’ movements to provide lighting at night. The project,…
Sharing a set of brief personal confessions from the streets of Dubai to the pages of the Footynions blog, as it appeared on Al Jazeera recently. Of course, there is lot more to it than this. It started barefoot on the layered asphalt streets of Dubai. Two against…
The yellow jersey. Called Amarelinha or Little Yellow One, the home shirt for the most successful football team in the world represents the exuberant pride of the nation and is as recognizable as the country’s flag. “Football is so ingrained in Brasil, it dissolves into the culture. It’s…
And so it begins. These agonizing thoughts of how this young group of players, preferred by Klinsmann way before the roster submission deadline of June 2nd, might perform in a few weeks time. These thoughts will eventually be torturous in coming days. While fans praised the selection of…
Picture this. Many of us have been working in our jobs for a while. Some may enjoy it and some may not. Some take pride in the results they produce. And then one day things change. Perhaps a new boss, weakened opportunities and your ability to create value…
Nothing quite humanizes the image of a brand like bringing people from various struggling nations/regions together, as Coca Cola does in a recent video released in regards to the World Cup. There are some who would revel over basic aspects of the atmosphere including the less than impressive…