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...
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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...
Analysis, Football
The baptism of Nigeria’s new coach; Sunday Oliseh
We saw the faint outlines of a new Super Eagles team last Saturday in Tanzania. It was Sunday Oliseh’s first taste of the fiery world of coaching Nigeria’s national team.What a disappointment it turned out to be for Nigerians –...
Analysis, Football
Worries for Enrique, Mourinho and Oliseh!
Three international coaches have been a burden on my mind this week. The first is Luiz Enrique, the coach of FC Barcelona. I don’t know what to make of FC Barcelona on the eve of the new Spanish La Liga...
Analysis, Football
The key to the EPL lies in Madrid not London!
What a way to start the English Premier League this season. Against all expectations and predictions, it is the most prepared team, the one with the most promise of ending the season as champions, which forgets the opening lines of...
Analysis, Football
My crystal ball: Predicting the 2015/2016 Barclays Premier League
Arsenal, not Chelsea, to win the premiership – My verdict! Welcome to the 2015/2016 Barclays Premier League. Permit me to admit that even with all my wide and varied experiences in football I still do not consider myself expert enough...
Analysis, Featured, Football
The foreign coach Nigeria needs!
No foreign coach has ever won the World Cup! If that is a fact I find it totally unbelievable that some Nigerians are actually still suggesting that after the exit of Stephen Keshi what the country needs is a foreign...
Analysis, Sports Development
Between Winning and Losing – the thin line!
Sport is a great platform for revealing some of life’s best lessons. Theoretically, at an early age, we are introduced to sport as play, to enjoy and celebrate the right and freedom to demonstrate our skills and physical endowments. In...
Analysis, Football
Barcelona on my mind
I guess every reader of this column knows by now that I am a fan of Barcelona. I love the team because, like me, they are football purists, always winning by playing the better football, cleanly, clearly and on the...
Analysis, Featured
From my archives: How Nigeria failed to go to the World cup in 1977
A few days ago I underwent my first ever medical surgery. Two hours after and for the next two days I went through one of the most excruciatingly painful experiences of my life. Although the operation was of the little...
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