They say “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” and while much of Tenerife broiled in the excessive calima heat … the wind catchers of El Médano pumped up their kites and took to their boards.

Summer beats spring all ends up to football fans, forget all that stuff about new buds and frisky lambs. Summer is the great leveller, the old season is forgotten and all teams start off with the same possibilities. As for CD Tenerife fans we couldn’t wait for the new fixtures to come out, the heartbreak [...]

Well that’s the World cup for another four years, not as rich in terms of football as I would have liked but more twists and turns than your average soap. As Paul the predicting Octopus discovers his best friends are vegetables and a hot simmering bath it’s time for a quick wrap up of some [...]

A promised feast of football turned out more like a mixed serving of tapas as nervous stunted play took over from the stylish playmaking everyone had expected. Thirteen yellow cards and a sending off says it all but Spain have proved over the last two years to be easily the best team around. All the [...]

Noone remembers who was third and fourth in the World Cup so let me tell you, Germany came third and Uruguay fourth. What do you mean that’s not in depth enough! Well to be fair it was a cracking game and deserves plenty of credit.
Uruguay 2, Germany 3
Maybe Mueller was the difference between Germany winning [...]

 
Everything stopped for Spain’s vital semi final game tonight. In Tenerife capital Santa Cruz, the Beach Boys even put their concert back an hour to allow fans to see the game on giant screens. Now the car horns are blaring and the parties have started. Maybe they will win the final on Sunday  “Wouldn’t It [...]

In 1974 I was so enthralled by  Holland’s  football I painted my Subbuteo team in their colours, but despite their sublime skills then and in 1978 they never became World Champions, Maybe now things may change. Most of San Telmo in Los Cristianos, Tenerife  was invaded by the colourful Dutch army again tonight and they will [...]

It went right to the wire between English woman Trish Johnson and the French girl Virginie Lagoutte-Clement [...]

The Weather on the third day is super for golf; not too hot, about 21°c with a moderate wind blowing off the sea. The greens are running very fast today so I think we will see a lot of three putts and  a little frustration creeping in from the players.
England’s Melissa Reid is starting the [...]

The future is now for Germany, their emerging young side was seen as one for the Euros in two years and the World Cup in four. Well look out they are impatient.
Argentina 0, Germany 4
There was no council notice, no early call, the demolition crew started from the kick off. Sweinsteiger may be a writer’s nightmare [...]