The next FIFA president may have already emerged two weeks before the elections scheduled to hold on February 26, 2016. Last week there was a report that members of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, have taken a decision to...
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Sunday Oliseh, artificial turf, and Super Eagles – wrong equation!
My piece on CHAN 2016 last week was not in any way intended to make an excuse for the poor showing of the Super Eagles at the championship. The issue of artificial turf affected all the teams equally and I...
Football, Sports Development
Why I lost my appetite for CHAN 2016
I wish I had followed my initial instincts not to watch any part of CHAN 2016 and not have any negative comments to pass on it beyond my misgivings the moment Rwanda were announced as hosts. That would have been...
Analysis, Football
The real reforms that FIFA needs.
As must be expected I have been following developments in FIFA since my involuntary exit from my daring quest to succeed Mr Sepp Blatter was aborted shortly after conception some months ago. It was hurtful but here I am still...
Football
The tantrums of Yaya Toure!
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, 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...
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...
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