Mario operates between two distinct points. The super and the super silly. He has us saying superlatives of his skill or us chuckling uncontrollably on his infantile behavior. But whatever he does, there is always the anticipation of his next action, his next move, his next statement all…

All of us are excited, as the English Premier League finally kicked off today. My excitement goes beyond that. It turns towards Manchester City’s excused child – Mario Balotelli. Another 10 months of expecting the unexpected from the gifted – “Why Always Me” man. Here are a few…

I have probably asked myself why, but I think this is why I love football. It mirrors life. An Italian team, just before the start of the tournament was hit by another fixing scandal. There was talk of them pulling out even. Yet, come Sunday they will be…

As fears of Italy possibly being the next casualty of Europe’s financial crisis grew, a few of her countrymen took to the field as they faced an broken but fearless Irish side. Certainly, that image of the 2006 World Cup Champions was the one that reserved my thought as the…

As fears of Italy possibly being the next casualty of Europe’s financial crisis grows, a few of her countrymen took to the field as they faced an unpredictable but fearless Croatian side. Yet again, the Italians have failed their people, this time from a footballing perspective, to those…

Congratulations, Manchester City!! You have managed to prove the world and the multitude of critics wrong by winning the Barclays English Premier League title in a year that you weren’t, well you were expected to win at least some sort of a title. However, we did not expect…

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake that measured a 9.0 on the Richter scale and an ensuing tsunami struck Japan, resulting in nearly 20,000 lives being lost. The same also caused severe damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents since the…