Sports

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is bizzare in some senses. The big footballing nations like Brazil, France, England, Italy had fallen by the wayside early enough signalling dwindling …

Goodluck Jonathan stopped the presses around the world last week when he slapped a two-year ban on Nigeria’s participation in international football contests. It didn’t matter where one stood on …

Is sports the instrument for good governance, good leadership and new accountability? Does the Super Eagles as a team pose a threat to national security and to economic growth? What …

Our Sports Minister did not, and has not acquainted himself with the Statute governing FIFA’s intolerance of State-member’s political interference in World Cup competitions since 1950…

I have heard people in Nigeria say that the reason SA is doing better economically and in terms of infrastructure than most other African countries is the presence of the …

I am in South Africa to see the first ever World Cup on African soil. I hope the tournament will be a great success and will confound the prophets of …

In order to uplift the spirit and strengthen the minds of the poor children in Africa and around the world, a concerted effort is needed urgently. There is a movement …

From all possible indications, it looks like Nigeria has crashed out of this year’s world cup after losing two out of a possible three of the group matches. It seems …

The power of sports as a unification factor cannot be over emphasized. In Nigeria, a sports loving and soccer crazy country, the expectation is high and the soccer aficionados have …

The long awaited soccer world cup tournament is about to kick-off in South Africa and the festivity is gaining momentum as the countdown continues. Simply put, Africa and the world …

We cannot continue to sacrifice a lot of things just to watch 90 minutes of defensive game. As you cannot win illegally and expect fans to be satisfied, you cannot …

On the 8th of January 2010 the Togolese national team – The Hawks – set out for Cabinda, Angola from the Congo to commence their campaign in the African Cup …

Everything with some of us seems to be about short-term gratification, and the future is consigned into the hands of fate and for other people to fix.  When we have …

The Nigerian Football Federation has been caught with its pants down. The Eaglets Skipper, Mr. Fortune Chukwudi, is said to be at least 25 years old, and not 17, as …

Many followers of the African game had expected Egyptian fans to intimidate the Nigerians before, during and even after that duel, but suffice to say that even if they did, …

I would like to take my fellow countrymen and women down memory lane with some facts about sports in Nigeria not too long ago; and maybe we will wake up …