http://mathematical7.com To instigate, contribute to and promote the development of youths in Nigeria using the power of Sports Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:15:02 +0000 en hourly 1 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 http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/ http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:09:13 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1227 I have Ghana on my mind. It is Nigeria's close neighbour and its greatest rival in football. Both countries draw strength, inspiration and challenge from each other as the history between both countries reveals. Ghana's national teams and their players are doing very well these days. Indeed]]> http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/feed/ 2 http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/ http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:43:53 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1225 Thursday, October 27, 2011, will be a historic day in sports development in Nigeria. On that day a solid foundations for an authentic sports revolution will be laid. The capital city of Abuja will play host, for the first time in the country since independence, to a gathering of all 74 Commissioners of Sports and Education in the 36 States and the FCT and the Presidents of the 6 Sports Federations to be introduced to kick-start the academicals revival programme this year.]]> http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/the-bashing-of-ex-international-footballers-must-stop/ http://mathematical7.com/the-bashing-of-ex-international-footballers-must-stop/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:42:29 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1223 The way some people are going about the issue of Nigeria's ouster from the 2012 African Cup of Nations one would think that their world has come to an end. It has become so ridiculous that I am not finding it funny anymore. If there is any world coming to end for any group as a result of that match it must be the world of those of us in the football 'business', either playing it or making a living out of it!]]> http://mathematical7.com/the-bashing-of-ex-international-footballers-must-stop/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/how-champions-are-made-the-be-do-have-paradigm/ http://mathematical7.com/how-champions-are-made-the-be-do-have-paradigm/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:54:56 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1215 Thinking of it I really have no claim to authority on today's subject matter. I am writing on a whim so small it diminishes to nonsense the more you look at it. Look up at the title of the article again. Are Champions made? Is there a process which when followed would make a person to be a champion? The answer to the last question is, perhaps, one of the great 'secrets' of life. Life has almost become an unending search for that secret formula.]]> http://mathematical7.com/how-champions-are-made-the-be-do-have-paradigm/feed/ 0