Archive for May, 2009

The Final!

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

After nine months of rigorous exertions on the field of play and more than a hundred matches, we are down to the finals of the 2009 UEFA Champions League. The date, May 27, 2009 will go down in history as either the day that Manchester United won their fourth European cup or the day that [...]

SAF and Manchester United!

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

‘I want to knock them off their perch’! That was Sir Alex Ferguson’s (SAF for short) target when he was appointed as Manchester United manager 22 years ago and he was referring to Liverpool’s enviable position as England’s most successful football club.
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As ambitious and ridiculous as that statement was all those years ago, the [...]

Post Mortem: Champions League Semi-Final

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

At the risk of been seeing as gloating, I was absolutely correct on my takes for the UEFA Champions League finals. So, Manchester United is locking horns against Barcelona in the finals of the most prestigious football club competition in the world. Who could have written such a great script as this?
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The last time [...]

Patrick Ekeji: The Missing Cog in the Wheel?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

His appointment as the Acting Director General of the National Sporting Commission has been hailed as the ‘best’ decision this administration’s taken since inception regarding the development of sports in the country. This though is not farfetched bearing in mind the antecedents of the gentleman in discourse.
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Patrick Ekeji as an ex-international has been in and [...]