The dust had barely settled in Zanzibar when the football world began to grasp the magnitude of what had just happened. Sudan — a side often regarded...
Nigeria’s coach, Eric Chelle, was shell-shocked after Tuesday’s 4-0 demolition of his team by the rampaging Sudanese side. The evening at the Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar,...
By KUNLE SOLAJA. Former Lagos Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has urged Nigeria to abandon outdated perceptions of sports as a hobby and embrace it as a...
It wasn’t the expected, but it was the reality. The Super Eagles are out of contention in the African Nations Championship after crumbling miserably 4-0 to...
BY KUNLE SOLAJABabatunde Raji Fashola, former Governor of Lagos State, has called for a complete rethink of Nigeria’s football business model, warning that without structural reform,...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Nigeria heads into Tuesday’s high-stakes group encounter against Sudan in Zanzibar with mixed news on the injury front. Left-back Taiwo Abdulrafiu, who limped...
By KUNLE SOLAJA.Former Lagos State Governor and ex-Minister of Works, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has urged Nigeria to adopt sports as a central pillar of national economic...
A clash of epic proportions is expected this evening when Nigeria take on Sudan in what is easily a destiny-shaping duel for both teams in the...
By KUNLE SOLAJA. After a week in the doldrums, both Nigeria and Sudan will again roar into action in the ‘sleepy’ Group D of the Africa...
On the eve of the 36th anniversary of the tragic on-field death of Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian football has been struck by another loss as Akin Olowokere,...