Archive for December, 2007

ANSA Sports Pictures of the Year (2007) - Foto Sportive dell’Anno 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

After the Reuters (RNPS) Best Sports Pictures of the Year, it’s time for another news agency to make its Top Pictures-Ranking for 2007. This time it’s ANSA, the main Italian press agency.
From the book “Ansa Photo 2007″, La Gazzetta dello Sport has made a selection of all the images tied with sports. I have selected […]


A Perspective on Youth Soccer Coaching: Are Small-Sided Games Better?

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Note: This is a guest writer article, written by Antonio Saviano. It was originally published on the Soccerkix blog.
The activities in the youth sector, 10-12 years of age, have as the main objectives the teaching of all individual abilities that represent the fundamental base of the game of soccer. The individual abilities are what we […]


L’Équipe’s Best 11 Soccer Players of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

It’s the end of the year. A popular time for various press publications to make “Best Of 2007″-type rankings.
The Times (UK) did the Best 100 movies of 2007, the New York Times the 10 Best Books of 2007, mCalcio.com the Reuters (RNPS) Best Sports Pictures of 2007 (oh what a shameless plug from my part), […]


Top 20 Future Soccer Stars: A 2008 Watchlist from ‘The Sun’

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Few years, like 2007, can claim to have served as the launching platform for many of the talented youngsters football has to offer.
From Cristiano Ronaldo to Cesc Fàbregas, passing by Giovani Dos Santos and Bojan Krkic, through to Karim Benzema and Alexandre Pato, not forgetting of course Lionel Messi: while some have used 2007 to […]


Lionel Messi: Napoli’s Forbidden Dream

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Napoli is having forbidden dreams these days. Big dreams. Very big. 2nd-ranked-FIFA-Player-of-the-year big. According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, the Italian club are attempting to find the finances to make a mega-offer for Argentine and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, as they believe he could bring the club back to the glory days of Diego […]