Nobody could believe it. That the man who ambled easily into the breakfast lounge of the La Palms Golden Beach was Michel Platini…
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It is worth saying here that the memories of Ghana 2008 will linger for a long time. Memories of above-average officiating, of voodooism, of tall dreams, of hopes and expectations, …
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Ashe has given us a blueprint for tennis development. As a visionary, scholar and educator, in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, he envisioned the tennis world to be replete with …
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It was always going to happen. With a clueless, corrupt and inefficient Nigeria Football Association, an ageing team of un-motivated players and an equally useless, clueless and un-committed coach…
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From Sunday January 20th an intercontinental soccer ‘war’ will be officially declared in Accra Ghana. The African Cup of Nations, the most prestigious football bi-annual event will be hosted this …
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The ESPN match commentator described the manner of victory as “unorthodox”. You could hardly be more apt in your own description of this night at Madison Square Garden. Samuel “the …
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I can’t deny the fact that football has become a culture of its own. Business moguls are having boardroom fights just to buy over one premiership side or the other.
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Mourhino made us feel like we could go to sleep even with our doors wide open, that nothing could happen to us since he was keeping watch…
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It is really disheartening indeed that our youth football suffered for a period of fourteen years until this victory in Korea 2007…
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I have been studying television footage and still images of members of the Nigerian Golden Eaglets team which won the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Korea last week. After careful …
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Brand Nigeria received the biggest boost it could ever receive in its quest to put some shine on its already globally battered image when the Under-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, …
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Africa’s Fastest man, Olusoji Fasuba, carried the pains of many disgruntled Nigerian athletes when he refused to celebrate with the country’s flag in Algiers, raising fears of another star defection…
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Arsenal FC fans like Ben Ejimandu believed that Thierry Henry has all the makings of a consummate and an international football marksman…
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Patriotism is not all about accepting that you are a citizen of a particular country or hoisting your country’s flag for all to see. It is more about learning to …