Sports & This'n'That

Well, there can be no denying the obvious fact that this year’s Football World Cup has been a genuinely drama-filled and spectacular football feast. Indeed, from tiny Cape Verde’s highly improbable, heroic qualification for the Round of 32 to the utterly mesmerizing football skills of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and the diminutive Argentinean magician, Lionel Messi, this has unmistakably been a World Cup for the ages. Granted, there were some hugely debated controversies, such as the seemingly sky-high ticket prices to the USA’s rejection of requests rightfully made by African fans to enter America so that they could support their national football teams. Despite that though, these contentious moves failed to put a dampener on the first rate, highest caliber of football that was on display throughout every stage of this massively exciting football championship. Thus, as we await the grand finale of this competition tomorrow with breathless excitement, let us...

Since 2002, the once all-conquering Brazil football team has endured a depressingly long World Cup trophy drought.   Now under the tutelage of the Italian master tactician Carlo Ancelotti, Brazil has another opportunity to end their hoodoo in the World Cup later this year.   As is to be expected, doing so will not be a walk in the park for Brazil as there are loads of other quality teams who harbor ambitions of winning the holy grail of global football.   Thus, with Brazil and her rivals primed to go all out in an attempt to clinch the coveted  title, we should be in for a peach of a football championship.