If you were watching the UEFA league game between Barcelona and Portugal’s Benfica last night, you would probably know where this would be leading. Carles Puyol’s 78th minute injury was horrifying. The awkward landing on his elbow and the subsequent dislocation had been added to the long list…
The Spectacular Rise Of The Los Boquerones
If Malaga were ever to rise, it would have to be a huge spectacle. And so it has become. The Andalusian club has certainly raised it’s recent profile after it’s solid performances on the pitch. Four wins and two draws would not be something that the club’s Chilean…
Chelsea: A False Dawn In The Making?
Chelsea, the European Champions, are on top of the Premier League table for the 2012-2013 season. Great news for the Blues’ fans, players, and management, and such news is surely a big morale boost, no matter how temporarily it will last. With three wins, eight goals, and nine…
The Last Straw
It all comes down to this. As the current English Premier League season is awaiting it’s final fixture to be played out this weekend, there will be a total of seventy-seven players representing seven clubs that will compete as if their lives are at stake. Firstly and most…
What would the aliens make of Chelsea’s performance last night?
While watching the game late afternoon yesterday, I found myself wondering what if someone is watching us? Weird thought but what I mean is that, for years now, we have been examining through with the help of powerful telescopes and satellites in space, in an effort to find…
10 years from 2012 – the desert lies in wait
Every four years we eagerly wait for an event, which can only be categorized as the grandest of all sporting spectacles out there. For a period of four weeks in that year we see thirty-two nations, and their 352 representatives battle it out for the most coveted medal/cup…
Gunners get even with Footynions.
Time to talk about the unanticipated progress of the gunners this season. The time is ripe to take a look back at few of the earlier posts written on Arsenal as the season had started. If you are not familiar with those, take a look at the following…
Defying the odds – the day when the underdogs became Asian champions.
For those of you who were not in par with what happened this past weekend here in Asia, it was the finals of the most coveted competition in the continent. Not recognizable at the global stage as one cannot compare it with the likes of that in Europe.…