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AFCON 2021: Eguaveon, Eagles Out, Its Lessons On My Lips As the ongoing Africa’s flagship football summit continues in Cameroun, we have seen how teams are faring. We have also seen how goals are being scored, fluke and textbook. Head or...... Read more AFCON 2021: That Anyim Pius Anyim’s Timely Message To Super Eagles

Nigeria ought to be a much more blessed country in every sense of the word if right leadership is bestowed on her each election year. Nigeria used to be a one-accord...... Read more On The Road To Cameroun AFCON 2021: Super Eagles On The March Again

On a sad note, if you are a Nigerian of repute and you watched the shame that was President Mahammadu Buhari’s interview with Channels TV, you must have come to terms...... Read more Jose Vitor Dos Santos Peseiro: Another Failed Coach Amaju Pinnick Imported for Super Eagles

When sports writing had its bearing, each end of the year Sports Desk’s chronicle the activities of the sub-sector and unveil their report card for that year and lay such...... Read more As Portuguese Jose Vitor Dos Santos Peseiro Takes Over Eagles, Eguavoen’s 28-Man List Out

Super Eagles interim coach, Austin Eguavoen, has released the 28-man team list of players that would camp for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations football summit to be held in Cameroun...... Read more Super Eagles Coaching Politics: Rohr Out, Eguavoen Heads Interim Technical Team, As Amaju Pinnick Arm-twists Sports Minister

What happened to Gernot Rohr, the Franco-German lame duck technical hand of the Super Eagles, were long overdue and, therefore, no news. For keen followers of the nation’s flagship team, the...... Read more Corruption: Nigeria Professional Football League Stinks

Honestly, I have been depressed since Sunday, December 5, when the sad news of the sudden demise of my very close confidant, Elder John Akaah, reached me and also hit me...... Read more Super Eagles’ New Head Coach: Sports Minister Backs Amunike, NFF Votes For Foreigner

If you like, and you won’t make a mistake to say, the stage for who becomes the supremo of the Super Eagles is set. You can join me to use this...... Read more Super Eagles Coach: Krstajic On The Radar As Clock Ticks For Rohr

Head or tail the heat of to be or not to be for the senior national team’s topmost and coveted head coach job is on unabated notwithstanding the pretences from NFF...... Read more Time Up For Gernot Rohr

Honestly my focus for this week was not to single out one sport amongst the lot and discuss rather to keep the depth searching light on the steady decline of once...... Read more Of Super Eagles And Odion Ighalo’s Return

I have being on this beat for decades and also covered international sporting events like the World Cup both at the senior level and age groups, Africa Cup of Nations, Commonwealth...... Read more CAFCC: Enyimba’s Headway And The Early Exits Of Akwa, Rivers, Bayelsa Teams

Let me use this time to sincerely congratulate my friends that made it as Commissioners the recently inaugurated Abia State executive Council: Ugochukwu Emezue and Karibe Ojigwe, an ex-international. On paper...... Read more Of NFF and Salisu’s ‘forgiveness’

There is no how this trouble with Nigeria will abate because of insincerity and corruption incorporated that has long became the lot of this nation. For the records when Muhammadu...... Read more The Emmanuel Zira Revelations And The ‘Skeletons’ In NNBB Cupboard

I’ve oftentimes said, without any prejudice, that since 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari and his co-travelers came to power that Nigeria has not only entered one chance vehicle but has...... Read more Ben Alaiya’s Shocking Death And The Misrule Of Sports In Nigeria

Last week, dear readers, sports journalism suffered major setback via the death of Ben Alaiya, gentleman and brilliant unassuming colleague until his demise recently. He remains till date the most...... Read more Nigeria At 61: See What Maladministration has Done To Sports!

Nigeria attained 61 years of nationhood last week Friday and honestly there is nothing to cheer for. You must have listened to the “much awaited” Presidential Broadcast presented by head...... Read more Nigeria’s Football On Steady Decline: Super Falcons, Akwa United Performances ‘Sef’

Truly, dear readers, last week’s write-up on 3SC FC of Ibadan was a great copy. Thank you all that reached out via phone calls. I did appreciate and it has...... Read more Gov Makinde’s Solid Support And 3SC’s Return To The Top Flight

Seyi Makinde, the Executive Governor of Oyo State is a unique person with great features of note, for the records, I have met him thrice each not when he became...... Read more Nigeria’s Representation In CAF Championships, Diri’s Tonic For Sports And The Bayelsa Utd ‘Complement’

This last week we discussed various issues as it concerned our sports in the polity. It made beautifully reading as many readers of this digital newspaper responded and thumbed us up....... Read more Of Fatai’s Dismissal, Finidi’s Coming And A Victory-Hungry Enyimba Int’l FC

Fatai, the immediate past chief sweat merchant of Enyimba International FC, has a good great heart. He knew how best to win even hard-hearted soul. His thank you message to...... Read more Of NFF’s Lip Devotion, Rohr’s Incompetence And Nigerian Teams’ Prospects At CAF Championship

Daily Sports, a digital all sports newspaper, since its debut seven years ago has been living up to its billing of informing, educating, entertaining and sundry which has not been faulted...... Read more Nigeria, Killings And Sports In A Fearful Atmosphere

Many things unprintable have been happening in Nigeria I won’t dwell into the daily killings that has become recurring decimal which has overwhelmed the Buhari/APC lame duck government and at the...... Read more Nigeria’s Olympic Shame And The Other Fear In CAF Championships

This week we will as usual go out together as we explore burning issues that have held sports down since the Sunday Dare administration came to the centre stage of sports...... Read more Nigeria’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Shame: Sunday Dare In The Refuse Dump of History

This week, there were some issues in sports that got underway; the good the bad and the ugly. The good is the appointment of Steve Abiodun Olarinoye as the Executive Chairman...... Read more Dope Test Failure In 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games: The Shame Of Nigeria

This columnist took up the mess in sports and her supervising ministry over looting and divisions in some national sports federations. Athletics Federation of Nigeria was one of the black spots...... Read more