Gran Canaria

Then there is the close control, the origins of which can be traced back to his childhood in Arguineguín, the fishing village in southern Gran Canaria, where the four-year-old Silva would play with a ball his father, Fernando, had made out of cloths and rags.

There isn't a Spanish Stoke, says Manchester City's David Silva 2011

A young man, fresh out of Catholic school, visits his parents on Gran Canaria.

Readings & Watchings 5 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010

Inevitably, in our business of cliches, English commentators will question whether the boy from Arguineguín, a fishing village in southern Gran Canaria, can handle the "physical" Premier League.

David Silva the little man thinks big at Manchester City 2010

A young man, fresh out of Catholic school, visits his parents on Gran Canaria.

Readings & watchings « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010

We placed third in Gstaad, Switzerland; ninth in Gran Canaria, Spain; and seventh in Marseille, France.

Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

We placed third in Gstaad, Switzerland; ninth in Gran Canaria, Spain; and seventh in Marseille, France.

Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

And so, the long-awaited prize has been announced – no, not the Man Booker, but the World Champion cheese, unveiled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria this week at the World Cheese Awards 2009.

Cheese Olympics 2009

And so, the long-awaited prize has been announced – no, not the Man Booker, but the World Champion cheese, unveiled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria this week at the World Cheese Awards 2009.

Cheese Olympics 2009

And so, the long-awaited prize has been announced – no, not the Man Booker, but the World Champion cheese, unveiled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria this week at the World Cheese Awards 2009.

Cheese Olympics 2009

And so, the long-awaited prize has been announced – no, not the Man Booker, but the World Champion cheese, unveiled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria this week at the World Cheese Awards 2009.

Cheese Olympics 2009