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INSIDE BAHRAIN 8 PAGE 54-85 JUNE-JULY 2014 | VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 EREX JESUS MARRI N. SOLAR MAGAZINE CONTACT THE GAME is a sports magazine published by Solar Global Enterprise, Inc., Villoria Vista Verde Executive, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines Tel. (+63) 2 6819 732 EREX JESUS MARRI N. SOLAR Publisher | Editor in Chief JOANNA ELIZABETH N. SOLAR Editor SHY FAJARDO Editorial Assistant MOHAMED KARIMI Advertising Manager 4 – TARIQ ABDULLAH, Muharraq *** Congratulations on the launch of your magazine. I look forward to reading your next issue. T he 2014 World Cup is just around the corner, and to be honest, I can’t wait for the tournament to begin. Here we are on the cusp of another football-packed four weeks. The World Cup promises to be as exciting as ever with Italy returning to defend their title. Will they go back-to-back, or will new faces on the scene make this year’s World Cup their break-out event? The glory of being world champions is what these nations have been playing for. Truly, it will be a worldwide spectacle in celebration of the game of football. But before the globe’s favourite tournament begins, THE GAME takes you on the road to Brazil, host of this year’s edition. Walk with us as we take you through all the 32 participating nations which are thoroughly profiled. So in the interests of making your summer go as swimmingly as humanly possible, we are bringing you an in-depth 50-page special World Cup guide that will keep you well informed throughout the festival. Now that we’ve done all the legwork for you, sit back, relax and enjoy reading what will undoubtedly be an incredible event. We are as excited as you are to watch all of the drama unfold before our eyes. We can’t wait … let the tournament begin! Correspondence on editorial matters may be sent to: Mailing address: 105 Building 1 Manama Centre Government Avenue 316 Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+973) 3 5315 842 www.thegame.solarconsulting.pro Approved for Import and Distribution in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Ayam Publishing Est. BSC. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. t h e g a m e sports magazine LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I am looking forward to your second issue. – JASON M, Adliya *** Wonderful magazine! – GEORGE SMITH, Manama *** Your magazine is highly informative and entertaining. Great work! Keep it growing! – NAME SUPPLIED, Manama CONTENTS BOUND TO BE SPECIAL...................... 6 WILL THERE BE SAMBA....................... 8 PINNING HOPES ON RONALDO.......... 2 1 ‘GROUP OF DEATH’............................ 4 1 GEARED UP FOR ‘FAILURE’................. 6 1 WORLD CUP FIXTURES...................... 8 1 VENUES............................................. 0 2 PAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER Let the tournament begin! TEAM PROFILES: Page 22-53 *** I really found it extremely interesting, informative and very professional. – RAVVI, Isa Town *** Cool sports mag. – SAM D’SOUZA, Gudaibiya Great work! *** – REGGIE LAWRENCE, Adliya *** Wonderful F1 stuff. – A. SAMUEL, Hamad Town *** Good design! – FATEMA HAJJI, Juffair *** More cricket articles, please? – BINU KHALID, Manama *** I like your magazine. – SAMEERA, Salmaniya INTERNATIONAL NBA................................................... 6 8 CRICKET.............................................88 PBA................................................... 0 9 PHILIPPINE NEWS...............................92 *** I very much enjoy your magazine!' – MOH’D ALI, Muharraq *** I have recommended it to my colleagues and have had lots of good feedback. – STEPHEN, Seef Area OUR LAUNCH ISSUE Wow, what an absolute whirlwind! Since launching THE GAME magazine last April, our inbox has been flooded by our readers’ response. We appreciate your feedback, including negative ones which will help us iron out wrinkles for our coming issues. We are also glad that copies at newsstands are selling at brisk pace. With this overwhelming show of support, our entire team would like to thank you, our dear readers, and hope you also enjoy what we have in store for you in this second issue and the succeeding ones. So once again, thank you very much!