Remember Hamberg
20.06.2013 Istanbul, Turkey. We meet top former players, coaches and friends Piet Hamberg (FC Servette 1978-80, Netherlands) and Jean-Marie Conz (Young Boys, Switzerland) and at a FIFA Youth Coaching Seminar at the Training center of Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Promoting together 11+...
with Remo @ Galatasaray
16.06.2013 Istanbul, Turkey. With my good friend Remo on the training fields of Galatasaray, one of the famous big football clubs in Istanbul.
Istanbul
15.06.2013, Istanbul, Turkey. We're in Istanbul for the U-20 World Cup ... Amazing city, rich of history, crazy for football and much more...
Football for Health
05.06.2013 Zürich, Home of FIFA, sunny afternoon. Photo shooting with a special ball symbolizing "Football for Health"...
Estàdio do Maracanà
02.06.2013, Rio, Brazil. We're lucky to be at the first match (friendly Brazil-England 2:2) in the newly rebuilded MARACANÄ stadium (ca 80.000 seats), once the largest football stadium in the world (200.000 spectators at the 1950 FIFA World Cup final, where Brazil lost 1:2 to Uruguay ...).
Selecao training
01.06.2013 - Rio, Maracanà stadium. The players of Brasil -Selecao- had their first training in this (renewed) football temple...
Zico !
27.05.2013, Rio, Barra da Tijuca, Brazil. We're at the " Zico Training Center". What an honor to meet personally ZICO (Arthur Antunes Coimbra), one of the greatest players ever, often called the "white Pelé". Remembering ihm and the fantastic Selecao at the World Cup 1982 ...
Rio
24.05.2013 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We're in Rio, famous for its beaches, spectatular views and more ...
SWISS MVPs
19.05.2013, Stockholm, Sweden. Final of the 2013 IIHF World Championship: Sweden-Switzerland 5:1. Unbelievable run by our Swiss ice hockey players (many friends among them: Severin, Philippe, Patrick, Eric, Martin, Simon, Denis, Matthias), with 9 wins in 9 matches...it ends in the final, but history is written! Roman Josi (former SC Bern, now Nashville Predators) wins the MVP award of the tournament!
Hockey Hall of Fame
15.05.2013, Toronto, Canada = also home of the Hockey Hall of Fame at Brookfield Place, home of the Stanley Cup, and actually also home the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) Hall of Fame. We're lucky to admire a special section dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the legendary "Summit Series" between Canada and USSR (August 1972), showcase of famous champions as Phil Esposito or Vladimir Tretjak...
Blue Stars 75
15.05.2013 Zürich, Switzerland. 75th anniversary of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, an international youth football tournament. Founded way back in 1898, FC Blue Stars are a Zurich footballing institution. In 1921, the Blue Stars became one of the first clubs in Switzerland to set up a youth section. Some years later, in December 1938, the club launched the Blue Stars annual tournament. Among the young players who became later stars: Nani, Kaka, David Beckham, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers, Phil and Gary. FIFA took over as patron of the international junior event in 1991, with the change of name to the current Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup following four years later. World football’s governing body and FC Blue Stars Zurich recently extended their cooperation agreement for the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup through to 2016.
Sports Rehab @ ISAKOS 2013
11.05-14.05.2013, Toronto, Canada. 9th ISAKOS congress. Sports Rehabilitation Course with many international friends: Jay Irrgang, Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Kevin Wilk, May Arna Risberg, Tim Hewett, George Davies, Karin Gravare Silbernagel, Michale Axe, Keelan Enseki, Moses Cohen, Freddie Fu, Chris Harner, and more ...