As the Nations Cup gets underway in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, the question remains ‘where to Nigeria’? The fact that we are not going to be at the tournament is no longer the issue but the reality of the poor performances of our players in the various leagues scattered all over Europe is the main [...]

Some times I couldn’t help but wonder at the determination of people to self-destruct. I remember at a stage Julius Aghahowa was the arrowhead of Nigeria’s’ attack and his popularity was second to none in terms of the sport. ‘Aghawonder’ as he was fondly called then was the main player after Jay Jay Okocha in [...]

Many years ago, players  dream of playing for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. From the likes of Patrick Viera to Mac Overmars to Emmanuel Petit, Robert Pires, Nelson Vivas, Giles Grilmadi, Sol Campbell and notably, Thiery Henry. Wenger brought them in from all over Europe and moulded them into a team to watch. They were fluent [...]

In several situations under Wenger, Arsenal had connived within themselves to throw up some funny results that would make even the proponents of the Guinness Book of Records green with envy.  The last in the long list of these installments is the match against Newcastle at St. James Park last Saturday. The last time I [...]

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 [...]

Is this going to be Arsenal’s season in the EPL? Will they be able to finally win another championship and shame many of us that are disillusioned with Wenger’s experiment with youth at the Emirates? Could this be the season that Emirates would be decorated with the Holy Grail of European club football; the European [...]

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 [...]

As the Super Eagles filed out against Madagascar yesterday at the U.J Esuene stadium in Calabar, nothing seems to have drastically changed from the team that represented us in the last world cup in South Africa. We still have with us Joseph Yobo and Daniel Shittu. While Taye Taiwo was left out for Valentine Nwamili, [...]

Most of the (if not all) supporters of Arsenal know that the major problem with the team in recent times is a feeble defense that has as goaltender an average athlete named Manuel Almunia. Couple this with the presence of funny characters like Mikel Silvestre, Philippe Senderos and permanently crocked Johan Jourou, it’s never going [...]

Since the first blast of the whistle, South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup’s been a wonderful sight to behold. From the colourful South African supporters to the unceasing sound (more aptly noise) of the Vuvuzela to the breathtaking displays and goals scored; it’s been quite rewarding partaking of it all. Nevertheless and without sounding sore [...]