Best events in Paris
Best events in Paris Paris is without doubt one of the great cities of the Western world and nothing seems able to detract from its charm and grace. Paris is the city of love, romance and intrigue. Paris is the city of great fashion houses and designer boutiques. Paris is a city of imposing monuments, […]
Best events in Milan
Best events in Milan Milan is the second most populous city in Italy and the capital of the Lombardy region. If we include the wide urban area best described as Greater Milan, there is a resident population in excess of five million and it is also a city that is a hub for business and […]
Best events in Rome
Best events in Rome How can you do justice to a city like Rome in the space of one web page, a city known as the Eternal City, a city with a history going back more than two and a half thousand years and yet one that always manages to combine age-old tradition with modernity? […]
Best events in Madrid
Best events in Madrid Madrid is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world and one that no discerning tourist would want to omit from his itinerary. Whilst it is modern and thriving as befits the capital of Spain, it has managed to preserve the look and feel of many of its […]
Best events in Barcelona
Best events in Barcelona Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia and the second city in Spain. It is an amazing mixture of the old and the new, of art and architecture, of sun and sport and relaxation. It is at once a cultural centre – including the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís […]
MLS (Soccer)
MLS (Soccer) Soccer (football to the world outside the US and Canada) is traditionally thought of as a minority sport in those two countries – but the success of MLS shows that the minority is growing each year in leaps and bounds. Attendance is greater than for the comparable leagues in basketball and hockey and […]
NFL Playoffs
NFL Playoffs There’s nothing like it. When the clock turns on another new year, when the winter blizzards set in in some cities and others remain sunny, almost summer-like, when the big bodies are exhausted after a long, hard-fought season, that’s when the fun starts. And the fun is called the NFL playoff, leading up […]
NFL (US Football)
NFL (US Football) It is reckoned that the first professional footballer in the US was Yale All-American Guard William Heffelfinger in 1892. However we have to span the years until after the First World War with the formation of theAmerican Professional Football Association. This included ten teams from four different states but only lasted two […]
NFL Preseason
NFL Preseason
US Open (Tennis)
US Open (Tennis) The United States Open Tennis Championships, known as the US Open tournament takes place in late August and early September of each year. It is the last Grand Slam tournament to be played in a calendar year and is considered by many as the most important of them four. The tournament was […]