BY ERNEST OSOGBUE These are not fun times for the Super Eagles of Nigeria, and by extension, it is equally not a very happy time for the vast majority of its supporters. Over the years, the Nigerian n...
BY ERNEST OSOGBUE It was indeed great news when the statement from the presidency announcing the award of houses to members of the 1994 Super Eagles team was received. Before 1994, the Super Eagles ha...
By Ernest Osogbue Did you follow the FIFA Women World Cup; did you see the American team? Well if you didn’t, there’s no need to worry. The point however, is that the United States Women Football ...
By Ernest Osogbue. The recent lifting of the ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis players by the Lawn Tennis Association LTA, and Wimbledon, has elicited different reactions from different people. For...
BY ERNEST OSOGBUE That the federal government deemed it necessary to reward the Super Eagles barely hours after their second place finish at the 34th Africa Cup of Nations AFCON, speaks, not only...
By Ernest Osogbue When the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, announced the hiring of former Mali manager, Eric Chelle, as the new coach of the Super Eagles, not a few eyebrows were raised. From Sokoto ...
The romantic notion of having local players in the national team is desirable; however, we must make up our minds whether the national team is a Training Ground or the Melting Pot of the best football...
By Ernest Osogbue The recent gold medal win at the 2024 Olympic Games by Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is a mark of the never-say-die spirit that drives some of the greatest athletes and achiever...
By Ernest Osogbue While Nigeria’s outing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, where she finished without a medal, may be a surprise to many, it did not come as a surprise to me. To date, the 1996 Olympi...
By Ernest Osogbue I was recently reminded of the resilience of Alhaji Shehu Dikko, when tongues started wagging, amongst sportswriters, as to the exodus of Nigerian footballers abroad, after the quali...
