By Timothy Nwobodo Dr. Olusegun Odegbami won the Africa Cup of Nations gold and two bronze medals in seven years of energetic and diligent service to Nigeria in international football at senior level. The team was then known as Green Eagles. He was the star of the 12th edition of the Africa Cup ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen on Monday 'refused' to equal international goal chart with captain Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo, bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. Both players are on 16 international goals for the Eagles and Osimhen on Monday had the opportunity to g... Read more...
On this matter, every Nigerian is an expert and has an opinion. So, this is mine. …. Most Nigerians are in an unwritten agreement that Gernot Rohr must go. Our collective mumu (stupidity) must stop…having been fooled and held down for too long by the colonial mentality that ‘anything Wh... Read more...
This is very technical stuff that does not make interesting reading. Yet, it speaks to the heart of the current crisis in the Nigerian Basketball Federation; is also an early warning signal of a similar impending crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation; and a reminder of how the Athletics Fe... Read more...
There is greater honour in participating at the Olympics than in winning. The Nigerian will tell you to go sell that to the American Marines. He will also tell you that the Olympic mantra, appropriately coined at the birth of the Movement, was only meant to serve that period of the founding fathers... Read more...
There is a deafening silence in the Nigerian camp here in Tokyo. The number of Nigerian athletes has dwindled significantly. How the athletes that leave or stay on in the Games Village are selected is still unclear. There are a few still in the Village that completed their assignments early but... Read more...
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DAY 3 Suddenly, the atmosphere and dynamics of the Olympics and the Games Village, in particular, have changed since the actual matches began. The public protests, the fears of unrest, the threat of Corona Virus, all have vaporised since the first medals were contested for and won, or lost. ... Read more...
We both play tennis at the Ikoyi Club 1938. We run into each other occasionally. Last night we did and spent some 15 minutes, or so, discussing issues around Nigerian football. By the time Amaju Pinnick and I parted to go for our different tennis matches we had agreed that there is a need to t... Read more...
A potential crisis is brewing in Nigerian football that could impact the future of the game for good, or for worse. A few days ago, the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria, PFAN, rang some warning bells. The body has set up a Special Task Force to drive 4 amendments in the statu... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Minister of Youth and sports Development Mr Sunday Dare, NFF President Mr. Pinnick Amaju, and Former Green Eagles player Segun Odegbami and others will be charting a new course for Nigerian football business at the Football Stakeholders Forum. The event slated ... Read more...