Group D of the African qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup cannot be the ‘Group of death’. In my estimation this description is exaggerated by analysts based more on the reputation of the four teams in the group – Algeria,...
Football
The return of Rangers International!
Permit me to pay a special tribute to a great football club this week - Rangers International Football Club of Enugu. Many would wonder why I am doing so, knowing that the football club was the greatest rival to the...
Analysis, Featured, Football
Jose Mourinho Versus Pep Guardiola
It is still morning in the 2016/2017 EPL football season. There is still a long way to travel in the journey to the English Premier League, EPL, title. But 6 weeks into the season the EPL is already jam-packed with...
Football, Sports Development
Random thoughts on sports
I have been trying to think up an ‘innocent’ subject matter, one that will not be negative, not offensive, that we have not exhaustively discussed here before, that would not make me sound like a broken record, that would help...
Featured, Football, Sports Development
An uncommon birthday celebration – I thank you all!
The European leagues go on a short break this weekend. So, I sheath my first football analysis and comments this season until later. This weekend also Nigeria’s Super Eagles will play their first international match under their new coach. There...
Featured, Football, Sports Development
Honour Nigerian Olympians and rekindle the lost spirit of the Olympics!
Nigeria has not celebrated the return of her Olympians after Rio 2016! For the wrong reasons the country has failed to honour the ‘soldiers’, it sent to a global ‘war’ without weapons, without motivation and without adequate preparation, yet expected...
Analysis, Football, Sports Development
Rio 2016 – back to the future!
I love Nigeria with all my heart. This love affair is rooted in my relationship with the country since I set out meandering through the mazy world of sports. It has been an incredible journey through some of the best...
Analysis, Featured, Football, Sports Development
The NFF and their expensive German gamble!
I am very happy that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, have finally got their wish. They have hired another foreigner to handle the Super Eagles. I am also happy that they appear to be very happy with their choice of...
Analysis, Featured, Football
The Olympic medals I (never) won!
It was during the summer of 1976 that I went to my first Olympics. I was a freshly minted graduate of Mechanical Engineering getting ready to report to Lagos where I had been posted to for my national youth service...
Analysis, Football, Sports Development
Amaju Pinnick – the magician!
Amaju Pinnick, the president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, must be a magician. In the midst of probably the poorest period in the history of Nigerian football, he has managed to shine some bright light on it. At a...
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