Mariana Rudan
Tinkerman bites the dust 16
26 February 2011
The latest Serie A coaching casualty is the man dubbed by many as one of Italian football’s greatest gentlemen, Claudio Ranieri. How did it go so wrong so quickly?
A star striker can make all the difference 56
4 February 2011
The right striker can make all the difference to a football team, as Juventus fans are finding out. The hard way.
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Dark days for a proud club 59
25 March 2010
Juventus lurches from one crisis to another as the legacy of a weak board, which panders to the whims of its pampered players, cripples the club. Now the fans have had enough.
Jose's spray went too far 21
10 November 2009
Whatever you think about Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli, he did not deserve to be publically rebuked by his coach Jose Mourinho.
FFA initiative gives hope to many 4
16 October 2009
In July I travelled to Townsville with a couple of my colleagues from SBS. Our task was to compile a half hour documentary-style program on the FFA’s new Indigenous Football Program centrepiece, the inaugural Indigenous Football Festival.
Mariana blogs regularly on TWG website, hosts The Italian Game and works as a presenter on The World Game show. She is fluent in Italian and Croatian.
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