Let me admit that I really do not know what I am writing about today. So, forgive me if its reads like ‘Greek’. There is a looming war of the civilisations. In fact, it is ongoing. Between the global superpowers, USA,...
European Football Predictions – Week 2
Welcome to the second week of a very exciting and explosive season.
European Football Predictions – Week 1
French Ligue 1 AS MONACO VS OLYMPIQUE LYON Leonardo Jardim’s team needs a good start. Lyon has a new rookie manager Sylvinho and finished third last season. Monaco won their last 2 meetings at home. Lyon may have a better squad...
World Cup in Nigeria – jamboree or catalyst for development?
Nigeria never ceases to rattle and to amaze me. With all its chaos and crisis, there is no place quite like the country in the world. It is difficult to understand what drives this most populous of Black nations on earth. The...
Forecasts on Mathematical7.com
Starting this weekend, I shall be commencing my own journey into a new world of opportunity within the football planet. In close consultation with Lukman of the Sports Parliament fame, the weekly live sports programme on Africa’s largest Television network - NTA, (Thursday nights from 10:30pm)...
Celebrating Three August giants in Nigerian Football.
We are in the month of August. I want to pay some special tribute to three great Nigerians that have done great things for and in Nigerian sports. The first two are still alive and kicking, superlative football heroes that...
My Full Interview with late Chief MKO Abiola
My full interview with the late Chief MKO Abiola on Nigeria, life, politics and his passion - football
New targets – Champions of Africa and Semi-finalists of World Cup!
There are several matters that have arisen from the debris of my columns of the past two weeks. I have received more responses to them in one week than I did since the start of the year. They seem to...
I cannot, and shall not, celebrate this Bronze!
I am an Olympian to the core. I went to two Olympics. The first was boycotted at the last minute by African countries. At the second, I was Nigeria’s flag bearer, overall captain of the contingent as well as captain of the...
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 27
This is the last posting in the series on AFCON 2019. The Super Eagles concluded their assignment last night at the Cairo International Stadium with celebrations as good as if they had won the coveted trophy. It is understandable why they were so effusive...
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