By and large, Hull City outplayed Aston Villa yesterday but at the end of the day had nothing on the table on the night. Villa went home with three points and they didn’t even need to score a goal to get that; an OG came in handy for them!   I remember vividly the [...]

  Over the past few months, we ‘ve tasted defeat in virtually all cadres of football whether in Africa or the world at large. From the Super Falcons to Flying Eagles to Falconets, it has been one story of woe or the other.   The significance of our downward trend was so lucidly highlighted when [...]

  The next round of hostilities in the UEFA Champions League would not commence until February next year but the excitement even now is almost palpable!   Today, the pairings for the first knock out stage was announced and some intriguing matches were thrown up in the process. This is the best club competition in the [...]

  If there is any football match in Europe that can take the title ‘Clash of Titans’, then it would definitely be the one that involves Real Madrid and Barcelona. Over the years, these matches had served up unbelievable entertainment and intrigues that can put some box office movies to shame! The latest installment in [...]

“I had Cristiano Ronaldo at the training ground,” said Wenger at a recent press conference. “I showed him around and I gave him a shirt. It had got his name on the back”. “But in the end it was a question of the amount of transfer fee between the two clubs. Of course, he has [...]

  Nigeria will be at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa! This is the minimum that is expected of a team that holds great promise and potential for the first senior world cup to be held on the continent. My expectations are very high and deservedly so.   The Super Eagles of Nigeria plays [...]