“El fútbol es una mera puerta de entrada hacia otras cosas. Las otras cosas, las esenciales, que habitan en el alma de las personas y que son interpeladas por la literatura y por el arte”. Eduardo Sacheri – Buenos Aires, 1967 Literatura en fuera de lugar: la...
@wwaycorrigan Back in the heady days of the Republic of Ireland’s «glorious» run at Italia ’90 — fair enough, the team reached the last eight but did so without winning a single game in 90 minutes — it practically amounted to treason to question the side’s approach or not to be fully supportive of «the […]
@radiobrendan For the last 12 months or so Colombia seemed to be on the crest of a wave somewhat. This was mostly down to the implementation of the peace deal signed between the government and the country’s largest rebel group, Farc. Heady times, albeit superficially and in just some areas. The bounce Colombia got internationally […]
@radiobrendan With the club season, both domestically in Colombia and abroad, put to bed, attention on this side of the world turns to the Copa América. Chile provides what will be, um, the chilly venue for this year’s renewal. The winter weather apart, there are solid...
@radiobrendan So the World Cup party rolls on and, thankfully, Colombia is very much still in the mix. These heady times that the country is going through, something mentioned on this blog a few weeks back, are not only continuing but also appear to be increasing in magnitude. Of course, having got to the last […]
@radiobrendan What a heady few days it’s been for Colombia. There’s what you might call a giddy excitement about the place. Most of that, unsurprisingly, is emanating from La Selección’s (national football team’s) rather impressive start to the World Cup. After a gap of 16 years since their last appearance at the finals, seeing off […]
