Champions League Paris Saint-Germain look anything but hurried. And that is what makes people nervous. Vitinha’s touch and Mbappé’s half-turn slipping in from the left and the whole game tilts without permission. Another kid across the room says “don’t shoot yet” like the game can hear it. Yes it does. You can hear the South … Read more
The Premier League grows. La Liga is more pocket minded. Premier League vs La Liga and here is where the battle between La Liga and the Premier League really begins in South Asia. Not in the stadiums. In rooms where half the story is decided by electricity outages. La Liga is in a different spot. … Read more
This is Al-Awwal Park ristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi Arabia not the familiar Madrid outlook. Not the nostalgic framing of Old Trafford either. This is Al-Awwal Park, its surface lit in a white that looks rehearsed by brilliant Saudi floodlights. The custodian shifts. Ronaldo strikes back. The store doesn’t scream right away. It waits there. Too many … Read more
A few blocks away in Dhaka Lionel Messi’s Legacy a few blocks away in Dhaka, a few young guys went off so loud that someone yelled at them from a window after he scored against Mexico on a low shot through people. Not too shabby. A little bit. And it went on, even after the … Read more