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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 AFCON of Mixed Grill; Daniel Igali, an Apostle of Wrestling Growth in Nigeria

I will disappoint many that prevailed on me after Nigeria lost to Algeria, in the semi-finals, to take a swipe on the NFF on why Gernot Rohr's sack has not been...... Read more Former Delta Force Star and Recent Graduate from Grassroots Football Iwuala Anayo Set for Enyimba Challenge

The star continues to rise and shine for teenage striker Emmanuel Iwuala Anayo who has made a switch from NPFL side Delta Force to the Premier League champions Enyimba of Aba....... Read more AFCON: The 3 Errors of Rohr That Cost Super Eagles against Algeria

The headline of this piece could look a little bit unflattering for Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr who saw his Nigerian national team beaten in the semi-finals of the ongoing...... Read more AFCON 2019: The Way We Are

I am really not in the frame of mind to write this week because of the current mood in the country but the football-loving spirit in me endeared me to do...... Read more Isaac Success Football Foundation Gets Off to a Flying Start

Watford and Nigerian international striker Isaac Success has set up a football foundation to tap into the talent pool of young footballers in Nigeria with a view to turning them into...... Read more Man United Preseason: What Should the Red Devil’s Do with The Return of Pogba and His Distractions?

Manchester United are on a tour to Perth, Australia, as part of their first full preseason with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager and already the dominant discussion for now is what...... Read more Eagles of Hope!

Let me start by congratulating Nigeria and the Super Eagles for recording yet another feat over defending champions, Indomitable Lions of Cameroun. Sending a team like Cameroun back home just like...... Read more Young Nigerian Daniel is a Guardiola ’Keeper

There is a rising trend in world football today which sees top clubs and teams placing much emphasis on having goalkeepers who are not just good on reflexes and defense organisation...... Read more Nigerian Wing Wizard Odion Ajayi on a Mission to More Greatness with the Black Devils

One of the finest wingers of Nigerian decent in Europe, Odion Ajayi, has joined Romanian first division club Astra Giurgiu on a two-year deal. Ajayi, 24, had been keeping himself in...... Read more Still on Super Eagles and the Cup of Nations

In those days on the Sports Desk of once upon a time biggest and best newspaper conglomerate in Nigeria, the Daily Times; during the Africa Cup of Nations contest, no story...... Read more Chinice Sports, Other Top Agents Set to Hit Asaba for Stephen Keshi Cup

One of Nigeria’s biggest sporting agencies Chinice Sports Management Company has fashioned out big plans to bring first class football agents and scouts of big clubs to Asaba for the forthcoming...... Read more