Category: Football

Everybody remembers the day of the final match in 1980. People recall where they watched the match, who captained the gallant team, who scored the goals and how they celebrated that victory that night and several nights after that eventful Sunday,...

Nigerians love their number one sport. They also love their national football teams, particularly the Super Eagles, with a passion.  The rest of the world appreciates what Nigerian players bring to the table of football – exuberance, speed, power and raw...

From atop my little observatory, high up in the hills of Wasimi Orile, I am looking down at African football and, particularly, at the Confederation of African Football, CAF.  The organization is hardly recognizable from what we thought was a...

Two weeks ago, the federal government announced the appointment of a new Football Ambassador for Nigeria. It did not come as a complete surprise because, somehow, I knew it was coming.  Daniel ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, becomes only the third football...

Please, read to the end of this write-up in order to appreciate the headline above. This is a fantastic illustration of the scope, relationship and influence of sports to the rest of life. Mikel Obi is Nigeria’s immediate past captain...

Nigeria is not in the ‘Group of Death’. Such a headline cannot be serious. The result of the just concluded World Cup draws in Cairo, Egypt, is too good to be true and cannot be described as anything near the...

I have always known that football is more than just the game played on the field. It is an incredibly powerful weapon that can be deployed effectively to drive a cause, tackle a societal problem, impact lives, win an election,...

Hello Mathematical readers, There will be a two-week break from our weekly European League predictions for the next two weeks. Our apologies, this is due to circumstances beyond our control. Meanwhile, this weekend I foresee a lot of goals.

I am stirring the hornets nest again.  The present times actually demand such ‘madness’.  I can almost hear many Nigerians, particularly those that cannot shake off the idea of a White coach being superior to anything a Black coach can offer,...

Hello Mathematical7.com readers, Welcome to a new level of excitement as we are beginning to get a clearer idea of the positions teams are likely to end up in the different leagues.  Though I am sure we will still see...