http://mathematical7.com To instigate, contribute to and promote the development of youths in Nigeria using the power of Sports Fri, 18 May 2012 15:36:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://mathematical7.com/why-rashidis-death-may-never-be-investigated/ http://mathematical7.com/why-rashidis-death-may-never-be-investigated/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 07:41:07 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1535 Writing last week's article was difficult . Having to write a follow-up on the same subject this week has been even more challenging. But for some reason, as the world continues to mourn his death, I just can't seem to be able to get away from the subject. Even the final match of UEFA Club championship this weekend takes a back stage. It is to Rashidi Yekini that my mind keeps wandering. Unfortunately, the above headline reflects what is likely to happen, or never going to happen with the matter of his death.]]> http://mathematical7.com/why-rashidis-death-may-never-be-investigated/feed/ 1 http://mathematical7.com/rashidi-yekini-why-the-police-must-step-in-today/ http://mathematical7.com/rashidi-yekini-why-the-police-must-step-in-today/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 10:53:09 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1525 This is one of the most difficult articles I have ever written. I now believe that the universe sought me out some months ago for an assignment, to bear witness and to testify in the unfolding events surrounding the life and death of Rashidi Yekini! But why me?]]> http://mathematical7.com/rashidi-yekini-why-the-police-must-step-in-today/feed/ 24 http://mathematical7.com/nigerian-sports-frustration-and-hope/ http://mathematical7.com/nigerian-sports-frustration-and-hope/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:00:11 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1481 It is Friday morning. I have been trying without much success since last night to put something down. Although there are a thousand things racing through my mind none is crystalizing into articulate and joyful thought. I came out of a conference yesterday in Abuja that was organised by the Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the British Council and UNICEF. It had participants drawn from the education and sports sectors discussing the way forward - how to deal with the twin issues of education and sports. The conference left me in a state of confusion about what to take away from it.]]> http://mathematical7.com/nigerian-sports-frustration-and-hope/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/kata-kata-when-government-the-law-and-football-mix/ http://mathematical7.com/kata-kata-when-government-the-law-and-football-mix/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:35:17 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1461 This is politics of the football kind. The Nigerian Minister of Sports led a delegation to FIFA in Zurich two weeks ago to inform the FIFA President that peace had finally returned to Nigerian football. Mr. Sepp Blatter was reported to have congratulated him and the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, for finding a way to settle the crisis that has been lingering since August 2010 following the controversial elections into the Executive Committee of the NFF. Before 2010 the body that had been administering football in Nigeria was known as the Nigeria Football Association, NFA. In 2010 the congress of the association changed its name to Nigeria Football Federation,]]> http://mathematical7.com/kata-kata-when-government-the-law-and-football-mix/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/the-fall-of-the-giants-south-africa-egypt-cameroon-and-nigeria/ http://mathematical7.com/the-fall-of-the-giants-south-africa-egypt-cameroon-and-nigeria/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:41:29 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1358 Without question, the most significant development in African football in 2011 is the fall of the four giants. That South Africa, Egypt, Cameroon and Nigeria will be absent from the Africa Cup of Nations coming up in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in about four weeks time marks a milestone in the history of the championship.]]> http://mathematical7.com/the-fall-of-the-giants-south-africa-egypt-cameroon-and-nigeria/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/2011-nigerias-year-of-football-drought/ http://mathematical7.com/2011-nigerias-year-of-football-drought/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:10:58 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1343 Merry Christmas!!! I wish all readers a very Merry Christmas. I am touching on several issues that could generate some debate and provoke intellectual discourse as we prepare to go into a New Year. As we draw to the end of the year, I want to save Nigerians the agony of reliving a year they [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/2011-nigerias-year-of-football-drought/feed/ 2 http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/ http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:08:28 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1341 I read a report in one of the daily newspapers that a high court in Abuja has delivered judgement in favour of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in a suit brought before the court. I do not know the intricacies of the matter so I am unable to make any informed comment. But if the report of the newspaper is correct, as a law abiding citizen of this country,]]> http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/feed/ 1 http://mathematical7.com/a-tribute-to-an-african-athletics-legend-sunday-bada/ http://mathematical7.com/a-tribute-to-an-african-athletics-legend-sunday-bada/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:05:56 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1335 I am still in deep shock. Four days ago I was in Abuja when a journalist called and informed me about the death of Sunday Bada. I was numbed in pain and shock. My work for that day terminated immediately, followed by an explosion of questions. How? Where? When? What?]]> http://mathematical7.com/a-tribute-to-an-african-athletics-legend-sunday-bada/feed/ 7 http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/ http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:30:53 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1280 I am writing this on Thursday morning. I am about to put my original write-up to bed when I receive a call from a former colleague in Shooting Stars Football Club, Ibadan. His words pierce my heart like an arrow. No, God, please do not let it be true. I am blaming myself already. Did I wait too long before making contact with the government of Oyo State?]]> http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/feed/ 3 http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/ http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:29:59 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1229 The 'Chief Justice' got it right! I listened to Chief Adokie Amiesimaka, ex-international football player and one of the most erudite and informed commentators on Nigerian football, on Ray Power FM the other day. He said that Samson Siasia has been made the scapegoat of the present crisis in Nigerian football; that coaching is not the problem with the National team and that even if Nigeria were to hire the combination of Mourinho and Ferguson to handle the team, they would fail with honours giving the circumstances presently around Nigerian football. He said that ]]> http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/feed/ 1