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Pastor Ize Iyamu Watches As Dynamo FC Wins Maiden Edition of U-14 Competition Marking Celebration Of Nigeria’s 2nd Storey Building

It was thrills and frills at the Arinze Primary School field in Benin City as two Under-14 teams put on a fascinating exhibition of skills, pace and strength in the final...... Read more Emery On Way Out of Arsenal?

It needs blurting out. Arsenal are a club in a considerable disarray as far as their performances in the pitch go and their last match away against Watford in which they...... Read more Salisu Yusuf’s Return from Corruption Suspension: NFF’s Hands Tied?

Let me present my unreserved apology to the very numerous readers of this news medium and by extension this column on its unavoidable absence last week Monday. It was so encouraging...... Read more Osabu FC and Nigerian Grassroots Star Idoghor Signs for Omani Club

The sun to professional football outside the shores of Nigeria has shone for grassroots defender Bright Idoghor of Benin City-based club Osabu FC as he has just penned a long term...... Read more IRON MAN: Young Nigerian Midfielder Moses Kalu Rising in Status in Czech Republic

Midfield battler Moses Kalu is currently turning heads in the Czech Republic and the young Nigerian is one name to watch as he comes through the ranks of the youth team...... Read more Nigerian Coach Cancels Coaching Course in South Africa Over Xenophobic Attacks; Top Latvian Club Visits Nigeria To Pick Players

Appalled by the violent attacks on African nationals by xenophobic South Africans in that country, Nigerian youth coach Nnamdi Onuigbo of IB Sports Dream Academy has decided not to further his...... Read more Man Utd and Chelsea’s Lack of Genuine Star Players Undermining the Good Work of Their Youngsters

Manchester United and Chelsea have had a poor start to their English Premier League campaign and that was not exactly unpredictable. Both clubs have only won one of their four games...... Read more Africa Games Ends Status Quo Ante, NPFL 2019 Season On The Wings To Kick-Off

At the risk of sounding pessimistic, everything in present Nigeria is heading downwards and the people in power seem overwhelmed but have constantly failed to own up to obvious shortfalls. To...... Read more Edo FA Chairman to meet Edo youth coaches on grassroots football development

In a bid to reposition youth football and ensure the better development of grassroots players in Edo State, the recently elected chairman of the Edo FA Henry Asemota has called for...... Read more Emery needs to sort his Arsenal out fast

The 2019/20 English premier league's plot has already begun to thicken like a rich pot of Ogbono soup on the boil with Manchester City and Liverpool showing little or no signs...... Read more Nigeria Loses Football Administrator Par Excellence Prince Isidore Oduah

On Sunday, August 24, 2019, the cold hands of death came calling, taking the life of veteran sports administrator of great repute, Prince Isidore Oduah. Oduah was a former member of...... Read more The Dutch Model of Developing Young Footballers; Benin Warriors Rready for Bet9ja Royal Cup in Delta

Despite Ajax going agonisingly close to reaching the Champions league final, the Eredevisie (the Dutch top league) seems to be out of fashion with Premier League recruiters. Only two players moved...... Read more The VAR Controversy That Made Jesus Weep

It was yet another exciting weekend of football action in the English Premier League which entered Week 2 last weekend. VAR’s introduction into the English league is expected to clean some...... Read more Onitsha City Marathon Loading, Deceptive U-20 Women W/C Bid, Samson Siasia and FIFA

As usual, many issues are still loading as at the time of putting this page to bed. I will touch on them as pass comments and this column would be long...... Read more Young Nigerian Fikayo Tomori’s Rise at Chelsea a Credit to Foresight at the Blues Academy

I wrote on my Tuesday International Football Analysis column to lament the departure of gifted Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi from Arsenal and I described his being let go by the North...... Read more Three Reasons Why It Hurts To See Iwobi Leave Arsenal for Everton

As an Arsenal fan, I joined many fans of the club in excitement as a late splurge into the transfer market brought a number of mouth-watering signings into the club. In...... Read more U-20 Women World Cup Hosting: Nigeria on the March Again?

Let me ask for permission for the use of this famous slogan, ‘Nigeria on the March Again,’ coined by the Presidential Campaign Council of the Social Democracy Party of the late...... Read more Edo State League Final Suffers Indefinite Postponement; Professional Players Set Benin on fire

BJ Foundation and Ekpoma United are waiting to know when they will lock horns in the final of the 2019 Edo State League after the earlier scheduled date of Saturday, August...... Read more Guardiola and City know Liverpool Won’t Go Away as Season Kicks Off

There was something quite striking about the Community Shield match between Manchester City and Liverpool last Sunday which City won 6-5 on penalty shootout. Of course, with two ultra-attacking sides on...... Read more Nigerian Coaches Vs Rohr: Amaju Pinnick’s False Alarm

I have always said it here that journalism is not a profession or trade for pretenders. Way back in the 80’s when I was in Times Journalism Institute (TJI), (a premier...... Read more BJ Foundation Survive Eagles Wings Scare to Advance to Semi-Final of Edo State League; Ogbe’s Appointment as Bendel Insurance TA Hailed

The Edo State League for grassroots clubs enters its semi-final stages after a couple of very exciting quarter final games that took place on Tuesday, July 30, at the S&T barracks...... Read more Nicolas Pepe: Arsenal Back in Business Big Time

Allow me to employ a term the abrasive President of the United States of America Donald Trump used a lot for emphasis during his improbable run for the presidency. “Bigly!” Arsenal’s...... Read more At Last, Pillars Aiteo Cup Champs, Sani Lulu’s Noble Dive into Kogi Guber Primary Race

I don’t know how to start this week’s write-up because the killings across the country lowered my morale. To worsen the whole situation, Buhari and his jihadist Fulani brothers are hell...... Read more Irex Sports Bar Ready to Produce the Next Chukwueze, Improve Nigerian Footballing Experience Big Time

One of the happening places in Benin City is not just content with dishing out refreshing cold drinks and hot tasty sauces to provide physical relief to customers wanting to cool...... Read more Ighalo Quits Super Eagles on a High despite the Stupidity of a Baying Minority Mob

Football is often referred to as the beautiful game. The sheer excitement of watching 22 players all in an interaction with a round object in an oft-feisty, intricate battle for possession...... Read more