I am writing this on Friday morning to meet production deadline. Truth be told, as we approach the finish line of Paris 2024, Nigeria’s name is nowhere near the top of the final medals table. Of course, Nigeria is not...
Rousing the ‘Sleeping Giant’ at Half-time of Paris 2024!
It is half-time at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Besides been different in a lot of ways, Paris 2024 has been an eye-opener for me. I thought I knew everything about the Olympic Games, having been actively involved (directly or indirectly) in all the...
How a minister aborted the most ambitious Grassroots Sports Development program in Nigeria’s history.
On the eve of another Olympic Games, I invite the reader of this page to join me and shed their own tears. Believe it or not, when Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan , GCFR, was President of Nigeria, he approved the establishment of...
Nigerian football – a slightly different perspective!
These are sad times in Nigerian football. The events of the past two weeks have opened up a can of worms, plus the opportunity of a microscopic look beyond the superficiality of the incomprehensible drama. There is ‘madness’ in the...
Nigerian football at the crossroads!
The least I can say now is that there is confusion in the ‘house’ of Nigerian football. The last two matches played within a space of a few days, against South Africa and Benin Republic, have thrown the Nigerian Football...
The baptism of Finidi George!
By the time you are reading this on Saturday morning, Nigeria would have played the match that would mark Finidi George’s real baptism into the world of Nigerian football. The long awaited confrontation between between Bafana Bafana of South Africa...
Let Nigeria revive NNPC/Shell Cup!
I have been in hibernation for two weeks, high up in the hills of Wasimi in Ogun State buried in work. As a result, I failed to catch up with some major sports news. I missed Raphael Nadal’s loss in...
A Manager, not a coach, for the Super Eagles!
What the Super Eagles need is a manager and not a coach. In the national team, there is less coaching and more player management; less technical training and more tactical planning – a very thin but delicate difference. Coaching is...
Solving Nigeria’s unending sports development challenge!
Nigeria’s sports development suffered a major derailment between 2004 and 2006. That situation sustains till now, unfortunately. Until, the ‘train’ is put back on the track, no proper development may be able to take place. This sad state of affairs...
Finidi Gèorge – shepherding a new era!
To succeed in sports and to become a champion, as in life generally, is hardly ever a tea party. It is never easy. It takes discovering talent early, hard work, patience, perseverance, plenty of time to train and practice, discipline,...
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