Since its existence in ~ 470 BC, the Italian city of Naples had unfailingly maintained itself as a major artistic center, particularly during the Resurgence and Information ages. And the city continues to portrait that image today. Art, as it is today, has converted the city into a heterogeneous and widespread gallery,…
The Splendor of Match Number Ninety-Three
A time when the entire world was watching Germany battle it out with Portugal in their first Euro 2012 game, a group of 81,994 fans decided to take a break from their TV sets and watch Argentina play Brazil at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA. The…
The Greatest Player Ever Debate
The perennial argument of our times. Just who is the best player that ever played football? Pele? Maradona? Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo? The emergence of Messi has certainly stoked the argument about and between Pele and Maradona too. The criterion to decide the best player seems to vary from…
Looking at how football in UAE fared in the first half of the season.
Midway through the UAE pro league with twelve rounds of games left, set up is an entertaining fight to the finish between three teams. And unfortunately, Al Wasl, on which the hype was rested prior to the start with the recruitment of the great El Diego as the…
Wondering how’s Maradona doing in UAE?
For all of you who are not up-to-date with what’s currently happening in the life of Maradona, I can tell you: He’s all right. You know, doing the usual since he completed his cross atlantic move to UAE. The usual any coach or individual who temporarily moves to…
Money can buy love, happiness and more money – at least in the Middle East.
How could I not write about this? So I watched my boyhood club Al Ahli play Al Wasl, a while back in the semi’s of the president’s cup (UAE’s equivalent of FA cup). This was my first opportunity to watch Fabio Cannavaro play in person. One moment of…