With gratitude to the Creator of the Universe, I have been very blessed. I am not a religious person in the classic sense of a person indoctrinated into certain strict beliefs and practices. On August 26, 2021, several things in...
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Sport – The universal level playing-field for the Black race!
That's why the late sage, Dr. Nelson Mandela, famously said: “Sport has the power to change the world”. It was not a flimsy speech by one of the most respected men in human history. It was a simple message but...
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Kenya and Jamaica – models for development of the sports industry in Africa!
Sports development in Africa is on my mind. I am asking myself probing questions. Uganda produced a John Akii-Bua in the early 1970s. He was the greatest hurdler in the world at the 1972 Olympics. Tanzania produced Filbert Bayi in...
Eye on Tokyo, Sports Development
An Eye over Tokyo 2020 – A daily diary of the Olympics.
I should be in Tokyo, Japan, by now, but I am not. I readily accepted an invitation to attend the 32nd Olympiad as an observer when it was offered me. That was over a month ago. For the first time...
Eye on Tokyo, Featured, Sports Development
Nigerian Basketball – knocking on the door of greatness!
The times and signs are ominous on the political and economic scene in Nigeria. At the same time, there is a rainbow in the sky - bright and colourful, but brief. Aspects of the entertainment industry, surprisingly, are thriving and...
Eye on Tokyo, General, Sports Development
Nigeria’s chances on the eve of the strangest Olympics!
The world of sport has been agog with action this past week. As much attention is being paid to the Games as to the resurgent Corona virus. From the ongoing Wimbledon Tennis championship, to football across 11 European cities for...
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War in the AFN… an unending sports drama!
No one could have written a better script for a sports movie than what is currently going on in real-life in The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN. As you read this, kindly clear your mind of any distractions in order...
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Probably the tallest basketball player in the world – the Story of Abiodun Adegoke!
I checked Wikipedia before writing this article. I wanted to know the tallest player in NBA history. It is Romanian Gheorghe Muresan, who was drafted by Washington Bullets in 1993. He was 7ft 7 inches (2.31m) tall. He was a...
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The Dream Academy – the future of grassroots sports development.
It is most unlikely that many would be familiar with the name of a town called Ileogbo. I never heard about it until a few months ago, when I was appointed as a consultant to work on a project sited...
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Why Minister of Sport must investigate anti-doping activities of December 2018 – the Nkechi Akashili saga.
Following my article last week a social media platform of very prominent stakeholders, cutting across all sectors of sports, took up the subject matter. One of the principals in the body that I erroneously referred to as WADA Nigeria, which...
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