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Comment on Didi: The Ethiopian Prince by Rebeca Pereira Oueis

Rebeca Pereira Oueis — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:01:06 +0000

Thank you, Rob. This is one of the best articles I have read about my Dad in the last few years. You brought alive his phenomenal skills with your words. Yes, it is time we remember him – DIDI – without whom Brazil would not have qualified for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and from where its path to soccer glory began and remains to this day. DIDI was instrumental in getting Brazil’s soccer industry started.

Thank you.

Rebeca Pereira Oueis

Comment on Didi: The Ethiopian Prince by Ronaldinho – The man who plays with a smile «

Ronaldinho – The man who plays with a smile « — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:10:02 +0000

[...] Born in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Ronaldinho lost his father at the early age of eight to a heart attack and was raised by his mother, Dona Miguelina Elói Assis dos Santos, with the help of his big brother Assis and sister Deisi. The first time anyone really took notice of him as a footballer was when he was still a young boy and managed to score an incredible 23 goals in a match that his local side won, well, 23-0. He was certainly noticed again at the 1997 under 17′s World Championship which Brazil won; he scored two goals in the tournament. People started whispering how young Ronaldinho was like past players Garrincha and Didi. [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part seven by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:53:14 +0000

[...] Watch a ‘Derby’ match – Fenerbache vs Galatasary and Boca vs River Plate 7) Go to the World Cup 8) Experience a Champions League Knockout match (Home / Away or [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part six by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:53:07 +0000

[...] FA cup final at Wembley (or an equivalent final) 5) Watch a game on the terraces 6) Watch a ‘Derby’ match – Fenerbache vs Galatasary and Boca vs River Plate 7) Go to the World Cup 8) Experience a Champions League Knockout match (Home / Away [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part five by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:53:07 +0000

[...] and the Maracana 4) Attend an FA cup final at Wembley (or an equivalent final) 5) Watch a game on the terraces 6) Watch a ‘Derby’ match – Fenerbache vs Galatasary and Boca vs River Plate 7) [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part four by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:53:01 +0000

[...] Take a trip to Brazil play football on the streets, the beach and the Maracana 4) Attend an FA cup final at Wembley (or an equivalent final) 5) Watch a game on the terraces 6) Watch a ‘Derby’ match – Fenerbache vs [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part three by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:52:58 +0000

[...] Football 2) Go to Austria and debate the weekend away in a Viennese Coffee house 3) Take a trip to Brazil play football on the streets, the beach and the Maracana 4) Attend an FA cup final at Wembley (or an equivalent final) 5) Watch a game on the [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part two by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:52:55 +0000

[...] Visit Ashborne and watch Shrovetide Football 2) Go to Austria and debate the weekend away in a Viennese Coffee house 3) Take a trip to Brazil play football on the streets, the beach and the Maracana 4) [...]

Comment on The Bucket List, part one by The Bucket List, part eight «

The Bucket List, part eight « — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:52:49 +0000

[...] Visit Ashborne and watch Shrovetide Football 2) Go to Austria and debate the weekend away in a Viennese Coffee house 3) Take a [...]

Comment on The summer so far: Swansea City by The summer so far: Swansea City (via Headers & Volleys) |

The summer so far: Swansea City (via Headers & Volleys) | — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:54:19 +0000

[...] Welsh football journalist and blogger Mark Pitman, @markpitman1, takes a look at Swansea City as they prepare for their first season in the Premier League. The club with the least amount of time to prepare for the new season, and the least amount of cash, have still managed an eventful couple of summer months in the transfer market and in the rumour pages of the national press. Swansea City will become the first Welsh club to compete in the money-generating product that Sky brought to the world in 1992 and have already learned a few valuable lessons on how things are run when football becomes a serious business ahead of its previous primary identity of sport … Read More [...]