A Portuguese Love

Look who's on Sports Illustrated cover! It seems they have 4 different covers available. The magazine dedicated a special edition to Brazil's FIFA world cup event. Lionel Messi (Argentina), Luis Alberto Suárez (Uruguay) and Clint Dempsey (USA's national team captain) are the other choices. Yes, I know. I said I would not write about football. But this isn't football. It's just kind of celebrity gossip, LOL! Read all about it here .

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup. It's scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. Cristiano Ronaldo's four goals over two legs in their play-off match against Sweden booked Portugal's place in Brazil. Twelve cities are hosting matches: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, where the final will be played at the rebuilt Estádio Mário Filho, better known as the Maracanã. I am not a football enthusiast but sometimes is difficult to escape the phenomenon. I don't have an opinion about the Portuguese team. Is it a strong one? With Ronaldo in our team, the sky's the limit. But football is about a team, not a single player. Also, I have the idea that we're in a very, very tricky group. And now, for some fun here are some photos of the footballers and Cavaco Silva, the Portuguese President. Someone played with Raúl Meireles beard an...

Cristiano Ronaldo is a famous world soccer player and he is Portuguese as many of you know. Usually, I don't write about football. This time I will not do it either! But a friend just sent me this photo and caption to tease me! I am always saying how good Ronaldo looks in photos as a model. She disagrees. Once more I have to say that in my humble opinion he looks great and I also like the clothes he's wearing. I like the color red and the mix between serious and sportswear. In fact, I don't know why men can't wear more happy colors. It's just a question of fashion and culture. In Africa men and women of all ages dress in colorful clothes and I like that! He's the cover of the spanish magazine GQ for March and inside there's an interview where he says: Criticism is part of our business, we have to live with it. What hurts me the most is criticism for issues outside the pitch. I do not mind when it comes to my game, because again, I am the first to realize w...