Over the last two months, a major make over of this blog preoccupied my mind. I could not therefore put down any posts as the case may be. And I would be the first to admit the fact that there are so many things to write about. From the Flying Eagles showing in Columbia to [...]

Arsenal against the tide of expectations (including mine) comprehensively defeated Chelsea at the Emirates and has since gone on to put in respectable performances against Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Manchester City. Had it not been for hard luck and poor defense, they could have come out with nine points in their last three matches [...]

The build up to the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid was sensational. The match was moved to Monday night due to some parliamentary elections in Spain and this in no way dampened the enthusiasm and excitement towards the game. All over the world, football lovers look forward to this match aptly titled “El Classico”. [...]

The European league season took off four weeks ago it’s been a tale of oohs and aahs since. The loss suffered by Barcelona to new comers Hercules in the Spanish La Liga is an outstanding result that many are yet to come to grips with. In England, new boys, Blackpool claimed the scalps of Wigan [...]

In all my years of watching football, I have never seen a manger so respected, adored and infinitely excusable as Arsene Wenger. He enjoys unparalleled confidence from his board and majority of fans as well. It’s a standard and acceptable quote at the Emirates that ‘Arsene Knows’. Such is the influence of the man that [...]

I have to apologize to you, my readers for going AWOL on this blog for the past two weeks. I guess I had too much to do and the euphoria of our eventual qualification surely got the better of me. But not to worry, now that we‘ve qualified, I will be doing a lot towards [...]

The second round of the ongoing FIFA under 17 championship in Nigeria lived up to the patter set from the first group matches. Goals, lots of it, were scored yesterday even as two giants fell along the way. Germany (European champions) and Argentina were knocked out by Switzerland and Columbia respectively. Within those two matches, [...]

The FIFA under 17 competition kicked off in Lagos and Abuja simultaneously yesterday with four matches played on the opening day. Unprecedented! The opening ceremony was a mixture of brilliance and the humourous; cultural dance steps were displayed to the scanty crowd at the national stadium in Abuja. You can’t blame the fans; our football [...]

And so Ghana, our beloved West African neighbor and brothers are the FIFA Under 20 champions and I cannot but rejoice over what has eluded the whole of Africa for 32 years. The manner of the victory is also very interesting as again, like in the past, the referee did his best to do us [...]

The unfortunate result obtained by our drawn match with the Tunisians has thrown up a lot of other issues that borders on the competence of coach Shuaibu to steer us to the world cup in South Africa ab initio. We have travelled this path before and a sense of déjà vu is palpable in the [...]