2004 was a good year for Bahrain. The tiny country East of Saudi Arabia, which at one point, once known as the financial world of the Middle East, was ranked 44th in the FIFA global ranking system. Having finished 4th in the 2004 Asian Cup, Bahrain was named…
The final 15 footballers were finally selected for the Qatar Airways & Aspire Academy – Football Dreams Africa project. The project which was announced earlier in the year, was to bring together the continent’s best talents for an opportunity to prove their potential in front of bunch of…
The English Premier League is indisputably one of the most followed leagues around the world with fan bases ranging in the millions across the globe. Stroll down a street in Dubai or Bangalore or Koh Samui, and the one common aspect that ties them together is someone wearing…
“Self-promotion goes against Native values and could be a reason for the lack of recognition.” The various issues that Native American communities across the United States face are real. The rightful inhabitants of the land have always been and still, to a certain extent, continue to be marginalized;…
Out went the ‘Chosen One’ and in came a manager with cojones. A manager who had the balls and wasn’t afraid to show them the path, both figuratively and literally as Luca Toni found out in Bayern Munich. The authoritarian Van Gaal immediately revamped the team and bought…
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…
The rise of English Premier League supporters in the United Arab Emirates has been predictably due to the purchase of the ‘other’, blue side of Manchester. Formerly a club with a couple of English First Division titles in the early 20th century, Manchester City have come up through…
The recently concluded Hazza Bin Zayed U-17 Tournament was established with the goal to become a platform to discover future football stars, and share knowledge through exchange between leading football academies around the world. The tournament aimed to focus on discovering, growing and nurturing new talents from the…