Category: General

Several years ago, my team, IICC Shooting Stars FC, went to play a continental club match in Malawi.  On the day we arrived, a few of us decided to watch a movie in a cinema down the road from our...

Permit me to deviate from more technical issues this morning and pay special tribute to a very special person.  He is hardly ever seen or heard of by the general public. He is very well known within the sports circle....

Last Monday night I was a panelist on an international virtual conference that involved Liberian President and former World Player of the Year, George Opong Weah. It was truly a great pleasure listening to him talk about the past, the...

For very many reasons I do not like to write about the National Institute for Sports, NIS.  Its story is a pathetic reminder of how Nigeria has lost its way in the development of Sports. The mere thought of what Nigeria could...

The world is definitely passing through one of its ‘worst’ chapters in human history.   When all of this is over, when this health crisis comes to an end, ‘when the hurly- burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won’ (Shakespeare),...

I love the taste of coffee. I take it every morning. Through the years I have mastered how to make my own coffee. I use the same mug every time, the same measure of Gold Blend Coffee, the same Coffee...

There has always been something different, unique and special about the Nigerian.  Most of us do not know it, or even appreciate it, but it is there in every one of us, in our DNA.  That is why, of all...

Were the English Premier League, or the La Liga, or even the Olympic Games to be on somewhere in the world, staying at home for two weeks during this most challenging period in human history, to wear off the destructive power of CoronaVirus would...

Do not mind the title of today’s column.  I am just playing with words, even though they reflect my mind and the season. The month of March has become very significant for various reasons. Dele Odegbami   March 4, marked the...

It is not what may be going through your mind as you read this headline - a football match, or a comparison between the megastar and legendary football magician, Jay Jay, the skills-workshop, Austin Okocha and the old mercurial, dazzling...