Last year I was happy when I helped my team by scoring three goals in a top four competition of soccer in primary school. They called me a hero of their team and they gave a certificate of soccer. Kaketso, 14, South Africa

Yes I love soccer. Soccer is my life and breath. When I grow up I will be playing for the Angolan national team. I will be a great soccer star for sure. I love my mother. She gave me this great gift, a soccer ball so I can improve my skills. My mother is very [...]

2 years ago I went to a football school in England – Bobby Charlton’s football school, it was a lot of fun and all that but the most exciting thing was definitely going to Andfield, Liverpool’s home court and getting to go into the dressing room and all of that, just see everything. It was [...]

We first graders beat the second graders in soccer. I scored a goal. Ilai, 7, Israel

There I was sitting on the floor of the gymnasium waiting for the results from the tournament. They were narrowing it down to third place then down to second and our names were not called yet, I thought for sure we were not going to place. Then the announcer finally got to the first place [...]

A magical moment in my life is when the travel basketball team and I went to our Aurora tournament. I was running down the court, wide open, waiting for someone to pass me the ball. I got the ball and went in for a shot. The ball swished through the net, and everybody cheered. I [...]

I felt my cleats sink into the turf as I got down in my stance. My mind screamed at me “Don’t let them get this, its fourth down.” I saw the ball snap, I rushed forward shoving my blocker. I needed to get to the quarterback. I saw him drop back, my feet chopped faster [...]

My magical moment took place of the summer of 2009 at swim team “A” championships. I was swimming the 25 meter butterfly and I was so nervous I was shaking. It was my last event of the night. As I stood on the starting block, tons of things ran through my mind. How many times [...]

My Magical Moment is when I am swimming the 50 yard butterfly in a meet. It all starts as the officials make the sound that sends us off the blocks, and the race is on. I feel the rhythm of my stroke-kick, breathe, stroke, kick, breathe, stroke. I love the feel of the water on [...]

My magical moment was on my summer swim team 2009. I was at the “A” Championship meet about to swim the 25 meter backstroke. I thought I had a good chance of winning, but I knew I would have to race against my enemy Pearson. We were not friends because we were so competitive. She [...]