The 2015 Glo/CAF awards have come and gone but the memory that lingers most is that of Cote D’Ivoire’s Yaya Toure, Africa’s most successful and probably most decorated football player, whining and weeping over not been awarded Africa’s best player...
Analysis, Featured, General
2016 – my crystal ball!
I do this every year. I take a look into my crystal ball to see what the future holds. I leave it to all those that have been following to draw their conclusions on how well I have fared personally...
Analysis, Football
The fall of Jose Mourinho!
Only three weeks ago, I warned fans and friends of Chelsea FC about a looming catastrophe. I also advised that their revered manager, Jose Mourinho, should publicly apologise to Dr Eva Caneiro, the young, innocent female medical doctor that he...
Analysis, Sports Development
My experience at the 2015 African Women’s Basketball Club championship!
This should actually be my diary of events at the finals of the 2015 African Women’s basketball Club championship that took place in Luanda, Angola these past two very eventful weeks. I led the delegation of the Elephant Girls, the...
Football, Sports Development
FIFA – A message from Beyond!
During the week I watched all the matches of the Champions league in Europe. I mean, if you look around at the mess you have made of the world in virtually all fields, you must give yourselves a pat on...
Football
Nigeria versus Swaziland – matters arising!
It was an unbelievable sight. Early this week, the Adokie Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, erupted in an orgy of celebration immediately after the second-leg match between Nigeria and Swaziland. Nigeria won 2-0. The picture remains etched on my mind...
Football
Arsene Wenger – time to go!
After FC Barcelona, my next favourite club is Arsenal FC. The reasons are simple – they import players from all over the world, and they try to play FC Barcelona brand of football. Applying that philosophy Arsenal FC has become...
Football, Sports Development
FIFA Presidency – an inquest is required!
This will be my last piece on my FIFA election odyssey, an experience so brief but yet so rich and beautiful. I deliberately choose to look on the brighter side of that adventure, the side that celebrates the “audacity of...
Featured, Football
Champions League, Ballon D’or, FIFA Presidency and more!
There are several things on my mind this weekend. During the week I watched several exciting matches in the European Champions League. One, in particular, left me flabbergasted. What a beautiful, totally unpredictable game football is. There was also the...
Football, Sports Development
An African’s FIFA presidency dream – an update!
The countdown to the February 26, 2016 election has begun. There are only five working days left between Nigeria and the realization of the country’s ambition to present a candidate for the vacant seat of the presidency of FIFA. In...
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