Football

Footballing Jingoism

Written by Kennedy Emetulu Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:53

Recently, I wrote a piece titled, “The Obvious Choice” where I briefly analysed the three foreign candidates reportedly shortlisted for the job of managing the Super Eagles. Though in that article, my obvious choice was and still is Lars Lagerback for reasons I gave there; but this follow-up article is not dealing with the individual choice.

The Obvious Choice

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Written by Kennedy Emetulu Monday, 22 February 2010 19:46

Just as expected in a World Cup year, Nigerian football has once again gone into overdrive, leaving the very obvious decision to make till the last minute with everyone running around like headless chickens. The Nigerian Football Association (NFA), Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), a Presidential Task Force and a coterie of pundits from the national football community are on the prowl, looking for that superman – a foreign manager that will bring the glory days back to our football, having now concluded overwhelmingly, it seems, that the best of our local coaches unfortunately lack what it takes to take Nigerian football to the next level, despite the vast potential.

To Achieve Is To Sin- The incredible story of Coach Amodu

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Written by Sudhir Bisht Friday, 05 February 2010 18:41

Prologue: Football is the most watched, most played and most talked about game in the world. But my beloved country India, which houses 1/6th of the world population, is woefully ignorant about this beautiful game.

Three Masters of Nigerian Soccer: Okwaraji, Okocha, Kanu

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Written by Obiwu (Obiwu1@gmail.com) Wednesday, 09 December 2009 19:15

[Note: In this twentieth year of Samuel Okwaraji’s demise (1989), first full year of Austine Okocha’s retirement from professional soccer (2008), and eighteenth year of Nwankwo Kanu’s career (1991-), this essay pays tribute to the reign of Nigeria’s finest and most popular soccer legends. It evaluates their careers, compares their contributions to the development of Nigerian football, and marks their place in the national history of the game.

FIFA U17 Nigeria 2009:Of commentary and related issues

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Written by Ebbie Thursday, 19 November 2009 10:28

The FIFA U17 world cup has come and gone but there are many issues yet to be discussed.As a lover of the beautiful game and attended history and statistics generated from the game,I can say that listerning to some sport commentors especially that of Nigeria origins is not only pathetic but absolutely annoying.please,Kindly listen to my side of the story then you can make up your mind concerning what you heard during the competition.

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