No trip to Paris is complete without a visit to Montmartre, the hill overlooking northern central Paris, famous for its dazzling basilica and its lively narrow streets thronged with bistros, restaurants and artists. After the Eiffel tower, the Louvre and Notre Dame cathedral, Montmartre is one of the four must-see locations of Paris. Visitors walking... Continue Reading →
Mont Saint Michel Photo Gallery
Formation : 4-2-3-1 Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Belgium The Golden Glove winner and Chelsea goalkeeper (as of now !!) performed superbly throughout the tournament. He was never out of the action and gave a sublime goalkeeping performances in Belgium’s quarter-final win over Brazil, in which he produced one of the saves of the tournament to prevent... Continue Reading →
Portugal 3 - 3 Spain Pre-match drama, an early penalty, two world class bangers, a howler, a late goal and of course, top-class football... This match had it all. Everyone pretty much expected a cagey, conservative affair given their first match. But how brilliantly they surprised us !! With all the background stuff that seemed... Continue Reading →
Awarded for the first time in 2006, FIFA’s best young player award is usually a hotly contested prize to honour the best player aged 23 or under. This time, however, there was surely no contest... Kylian Mbappé does not celebrate his 20th birthday until December but the France forward has been an undoubted star of... Continue Reading →
0 - The no. of straight red cards issued in the World Cup for violent play. 0 - Neither Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi have ever scored a goal in a World Cup knockout match : Ronaldo : 0 goals in 6 games from 25 shots (514 mins) Messi : 0 goals in 8 games... Continue Reading →
Read Part I and Part II here... The German Masterclass, 2014 The 7-1 is like a ghost. It’s present. People still talk about it, but the more you talk about it, the less likely it is that the ‘ghost’ disappears. If football is its religion, then Brazil just found out that night that its god isn't... Continue Reading →
Read Part I here... Ronaldo out.. Ronaldo in, 1998 Sixteen years on, the events of that Paris evening in 1998 remain shrouded in mystery and intrigue... The murky circumstances that led to Ronaldo first being omitted from the Brazil team sheet and then reinstated, has led to fascinating conspiracy theories related to Nike and FIFA, rumours of... Continue Reading →
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