'Mathematical' is back on the football field, training. I am preparing for, probably, the most significant football match of my life. And this is not a joke. I played my last official football match on a fateful December day in...

I know that the title of this article will put off many from reading it. It is too simplistic to be true.  I determined a long time ago, however, that I shall not be tired of writing about it.  It...

It was the summer of 1968, the period of long vacations in schools. I was a 'toddler' holidaying from Jos. I used to spend every summer holiday since the pogrom of 1966 between Lagos and Abeokuta. I loved Abeokuta. It...

Very few persons in Nigeria know the name Steve Mawuenyega. But not so in Ghana where he came from.  I am referring to him in the past tense because by the time you are reading this on Saturday, my very...

In the past one month, 4 former international football players, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association and a fine sports journalist have all passed on. It has been a very painful period for those of us in the...

Two nights ago, I hosted my regular television program, The Sports Parliament, on Africa’s largest television network, Nigeria Television Authority, NTA. It featured a number of megastar African football players from different parts of the continent. Many persons have wondered how...