CAF Elections: In Search of a Sports Administrator
The order from the presidency mandating Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to vote for the incumbent president of Confederation of African…
Message for Gov. Ajimobi – Emerging Talent You Must Support!
The guy in the middle you are looking at is Abiodun Adegoke. He is 7 feet and 2 inches tall,…
Rio 2016 – Why We Really Failed
Just a few days after the just concluded Rio Olympics, Mariam Usman, a Commonwealth medallist, said she has lost the…
Morolake Akinosun: A Nigerian Hero
Morolake Akinosun is a Nigerian-American. Her parents are surely among the Diaspora-Nigerians contributing immensely to the socioeconomic development of the…
The 2016 Rio Olympics and the Perpetual Failure of a Nation
As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro…
Farewell to Legends!
Few weeks ago the world boxing community in particular were knocked into unconsciousness literally when the sad and ugly news…
2 Changes: 2 Coaches and 2 Days
Two eminent Nigerian coaches, Stephen Keshi and Shaibu Amodu, discovered and joined two different coaches on the train that journeyed…
A Tribute To Muhammed Ali
“Life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not give me satisfaction. God gave me this illness…
Leicester: Lessons In Greatness
Leicester City is one of the oldest cities located in the Midlands region of England. Less than half a million…
FIFA: Fixing the Fixers!
Like millions around the world I have a special interest in sports in general and football in particular. Apart from…
Queen Serena Williams: French Racists Guillotine French Culture and Civilization
Serena Williams is the Queen of Tennis. She is greater than Joan of Arc. The conqueror of female tennis and…
The Elections of 2015: Where Are Sports In The Political Discourse?
In less than 14 days, the 2015 Presidential election would have been concluded and the incumbent is returned or a…
Jonathan, Keshi & The Little Things
President Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first…
Salute to our World Cup 2014 Footballers
There is a certain group of our Naija countrymen who automatically switch on to hibernation mode whenever our national football team plays. Most of them insist that they have very weak hearts that cannot withstand the rigour and tension that soaks anyone foolish enough to invest interest in a team as unpredictable as Nigeria’s senior football team…
Racism in Football: Sepp Blatter must quit. Blatter must go
If racism in sports, especially in football, is not halted, the World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Russia could face disruptions…
Last Flight to Johannesburg
Even people who rarely talk sports are showing support for the national team. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read Pastor E. A. Adeboye’s status update when Nigeria convincingly defeated Mali, booking a ticket to the finals; the first time since year 2000!