http://mathematical7.com To instigate, contribute to and promote the development of youths in Nigeria using the power of Sports Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en http://mathematical7.com/who-are-the-voters-at-the-2010-nff-elections/ http://mathematical7.com/who-are-the-voters-at-the-2010-nff-elections/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:52:26 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=883 As Nigerians prepare for the elections into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation one question hangs over the elections like the proverbial sword of Damacles: ‘Who are the delegates to the elections? I mean, who are the voters? The fate of the entire elections rests squarely and precariously in the answer to that question. [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/who-are-the-voters-at-the-2010-nff-elections/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/letter-from-tony-blair/ http://mathematical7.com/letter-from-tony-blair/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:45:45 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=846 Well, we are in the dying days of the World Cup spectacle in South Africa. Immediately Nigeria were sent out of the championship my spirit waned.  The moment Ghana that took up the gauntlet from where Nigeria left off were knocked out, the spirit of the World Cup ‘died’ in me. Since last Tuesday, I [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/letter-from-tony-blair/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/conversation-in-the-village-walk/ http://mathematical7.com/conversation-in-the-village-walk/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:43:26 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=844 The Village Walk is a neighbourhood shopping mall in the centre of Sandton in Johannesburg. It is a stones throw from the very popular Nelson Mandela Square that has become the hub of social activity for most people that chose Johannesburg as their base for the duration of the World Cup. What most people do [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/conversation-in-the-village-walk/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/the-killing-fields-of-jos/ http://mathematical7.com/the-killing-fields-of-jos/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:31:47 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=716 Let me leave the matter of Angola and the national team for now and write about what ails my heart. As we celebrate football in Angola, let us take a moment to mourn the loss of over 400 innocent people, Nigerians, to death in a senseless orgy of violence in the city of Jos. Let [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/the-killing-fields-of-jos/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/message-from-best-ogedegbe/ http://mathematical7.com/message-from-best-ogedegbe/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:27:50 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=512 I have a message from late Best Ogedegbe! I did not hear his voice, No! On the day of his funeral last weekend I simply sat quietly in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Oke Ado, Ibadan, looked around the full congregation that had come to pay their last respect to him, and tried to imagine what [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/message-from-best-ogedegbe/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-a-tribute/ http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-a-tribute/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:08:44 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=508 By the time you are reading this the body of my friend, would have been laid to rest in the city where he spent the better part of his life! The past two days in Ibadan have witnessed a great celebration, that of the life of a great Nigerian and football hero, with hundreds of [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-a-tribute/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-goes-home-next-week/ http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-goes-home-next-week/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:14:09 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=498 Thanks to the support of the Nigeria Football Federation, the National Sports Commission, the governments of Oyo, Ogun, Lagos and Rivers State, friends and family, the celebration of the life of Best Ogedegbe, MON, will take place in Ibadan, Oyo State, next week. Arrangements are in progress to give him a truly befitting burial. [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/best-ogedegbe-goes-home-next-week/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/lee-evans-and-50-years-of-physiotherapy-association-in-nigeria/ http://mathematical7.com/lee-evans-and-50-years-of-physiotherapy-association-in-nigeria/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:51:02 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=494 It sounds incredulous that a physiotherapy association has existed in our sports firmament for 50 years and I never knew. Throughout my career as a football player the role of the physiotherapist was pivotal to my performance and fitness. Between the coach and the physio I don’t know who is more important. Perhaps the physio. [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/lee-evans-and-50-years-of-physiotherapy-association-in-nigeria/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/an-evening-with-segun-odegbami/ http://mathematical7.com/an-evening-with-segun-odegbami/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:09:02 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=434 Dateline: Sat 11th July 2009. The Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre in Kensington, south-west London. The invite had put it succinctly: “An evening with Segun Odegbami.” One of Africa’s all-time great footballers and former skipper of Nigeria’s (then) Green Eagles, Segun Odegbami had intended to get folks together to highlight the progress made at [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/an-evening-with-segun-odegbami/feed/ http://mathematical7.com/sports-or-a-pastime/ http://mathematical7.com/sports-or-a-pastime/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:59:14 +0000 jaguar http://mathematical7.com/?p=420 This particular debate is going to rankle on and on till the cows come home. And of course we will always have to agree to disagree.  However, we still need to take a good look and I leave you to be the best judges.  Just imagine this; the best football player that ever lived; Pele [...]]]> http://mathematical7.com/sports-or-a-pastime/feed/