A Chance to Write the Future.

At 8 he was practicing on the fields of his native Madeira. At 12, he joined the youth system of a professional club. This boy, unlike so many others, decided to stop dreaming of becoming a great soccer player. He decided to become the best of all time. His nonconformity, his fight and sa ...

Preparing The Elite: London and Manch ...

For the first stop on the Elite Series tour, the Nike Insider headed back to London and Manchester to give Rooney, Evra, Essien, Walcott and Drogba the first glimpse of the Elite Series. The insider sat down with the players to show how their input, feedback and testing contributed to the b ...

Timing is Everything

You’re the club’s talisman and star striker with 27 goals in all competitions; this is the first opportunity of the season to claim some silverware. But you find yourself on the bench, rested because of a niggling injury. You watch your team go a goal down, from the dugout, an ...

Ten Years Of Deadly Accuracy - Federi ...

Manchester United had a fight on their hands. They’d lost their last two games and were 2-1 down to Aston Villa. Hopes of retaining the league were fading. Cristiano Ronaldo brought the sides level with 10 minutes to go. The comeback was on. But deep into stoppage time, Man Utd could ...

Ignition point

Sometimes the most important goal is not the winner. Six minutes left, 3-1 behind. All heads down. Except one. Scholes rose high to nod in the cross, instill belief in his team and ignite the comeback. Minutes later, they were level and through to the knockout stages of Europe’s prem ...