The next week and a half could be historic for Syria as they attempt to achieve their first World Cup qualification ever. The underdogs have shattered the status quo of Asian football to reach the final hurdle of their campaign, against all odds. September was this year’s deadliest…
On 21st June 1982, Kuwaiti football witnessed the unthinkable. Prior to that the objective of the nation’s first ever appearance in the World Cup was being carried out as planned – not to be humiliated at the hands of stronger teams. That was until Kuwait came faced the…
It has only been less than a year since an Aussie band by the name of Vaudeville Smash produced the infamous song on the legendary Frenchman Zinedine Zidane. The unrecognised group, originating from Melbourne, had created an infectious pop song, at a time the world was being exposed…
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…
Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Vahid Hashemian and Ali Karimi have undoubtedly been the most successful Iranian footballing exports to Europe, and shone when playing for their respective clubs across the continent. With the World Cup fast approaching, many fans may be unaware of the talent already present in…
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…
Pictures from the game between Brazil and Mexico in the FIFA U-17 World Cup quarterfinals in Dubai (1/11/13). [nggallery id=39]
It strikes me as more than anything in the world of football that a World Cup hosting country encircled with SERIOUS accusations of human right violations. British newspaper, the Guardian, had been on a roll as of recent disclosing regular information on worker conditions in the natural gas…