f Thompson Usiyen had not migrated to the USA when he did in 1976 but had waited to play during the last qualifier against Tunisia in 1977 for the 1978 World Cup, every Nigerian that knew the mercurial talent of...
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Sports and the Election fever – who I will NOT cast my single vote for!
This is not the best of times to write about sport. Writing on any subject outside of the ongoing national elections in Nigeria would appear insensitive, particularly with the pains that all Nigerians are going through on the eve of,...
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Peter Fregene must not be abandoned!
Not for the first time, pictures of Peter ‘Apo’ Fregene in a truly pathetic state, looking like a 100-year-old man, unwell and dying, have inundated the information-superhighway. Fregene is a former Nigerian International goalkeeper. He kept goal for a few...
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Nigeria at the precipice – to crash or to fly
By the time you are reading this, I shall be in Oye Ekiti at the 7th Convocation of the Federal University, receiving an award that will occupy an enviable place amongst my chest of awards collected over the past half...
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Sports and Education – fulfilment that money cannot buy!
This is for all young person's aspiring to a professional sports career, examined through my own story. Enjoy it. Two weeks ago, I received the good news that the Federal University Oye Ekiti, FUOYE, would be conferring on me an...
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At the Olympics, to win, you don’t have to come first – the story of Ajoke Odumosu!
In sport, winning is everything, but sometimes to win does not require coming First! This is a fundamental lesson, not just in sports but in all of life. But it takes sport to provide the perfect model for this fundamental...
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Lesson in morality – how football jerseys landed me with the police!
Forgive my little digression from hard-core sports. Instead, enjoy this little story of a particular day in my life. I am 10 years old. I am with several of my age mates playing our daily evening football on the huge...
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A New Year, a New Message and a New Nigeria!
It is a New Year - 2023. For the first time in ages, I am deliberately setting several New Year goals and resolutions for myself but anchored to a one basic philosophy. The philosophy is not to join in the...
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End of Qatar 2022, birth of West Africa 2034!
Tomorrow, the 2022 FIFA World Cup comes to a beautiful end. I wish the better side on the night to win. Whilst we are waiting for that, I go back in time in order to catch up with the future...
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The Road to ‘West Africa 2034’.
On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the world will take a short breather away from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. During this break, a small gathering of eggheads from very diverse backgrounds but with a common cause somehow related to...
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