I don’t know if he knows it. I don’t also know if it is deliberate, or an accident of fate. Whatever it is, however, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, the ‘Man of the 2025 Gateway Games’, has successfully planted...
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Humbling Nigeria’s domestic league – coaching, the bane!
Some of the greatest footballers in the history of football are either excellent dribblers, or deadly goal scorers. Their list is long and very special: Pele, Maradona, Haruna Ilerika, Rashidi Yekini, Zenedine Zidanne, Christiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Ousmane...
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Super Eagles – when disappointment turns a blessing!
Hold on to these two universal truths: Never curse the darkness, hidden within it are treasures. Behind every disappointment is a blessing. With their backs against the wall the Super Eagles finally broke out of their shells to reveal the...
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Do or Die! Remembering Nwabueze Nwankwo!
I am writing this on Thursday. I am pregnant with the previews of the Super Eagles’ supremely crucial last two matches in the qualifying series for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, the first of which comes up tomorrow, Friday night....
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Sport in geo-politics at ‘The Platform’
I was on ‘The Platform’ during the week in Lagos, an intellectual stage for public presentation of view points and perspectives by invited speakers on subjects with a common theme and of national interest and significance, a compass for those...
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To be the best version of self in Sports!
I am devoting my column this week to a development that I cannot keep to myself. This is not an advertisement but an important message for parents driven by the dream and determination of their children to become sports super...
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Ogun State scores again…and more stories!
The African Athletics U-18/U-20 junior Championship 2025 ended last Sunday in Abeokuta. I am surprised that the airwaves have not been awash with encomiums for Ogun State, that accepted to hos the international event at the ‘last minute’ and still...
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African athletics comes to Abeokuta!
It is as if Abeokuta did not miss a single beat since the end of the National Sports Festival, several weeks ago. The town simply changed gears, and continued to dance to a new musical tune in a seamless transition...
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Football comes to Wasimi this summer!
The 8th edition of the 2025 Wasimi Summer Soccer Championship, a football festival that has been taking place every year since 2016, is just around the corner. The venues for this years matches are football fields located between Wasimi and...
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Dodo Mayana!
It is Thursday night. I am writing my article for the weekend. My phone keeps interrupting me. There is a flood of calls. I have always known, but now it dawns on me again, that I am the go-to person...
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