Atletico Madrid stadium closure over racist abuse reversed
"The club's active collaboration, the identification of the person responsible and the fact that it was an isolated incident, carried out by a single person, allows us to affirm that the maximum possible diligence was taken by the club."
Dear Minister, President, come to Eket
By Paul Bassey For the benefit of my rising band of readers let me repeat the fact that this column usually goes in on Friday sometimes as early as noon. What this means and sadly too is that I will not be in a position to discuss the decisive CAF Champions league return leg cracker […]
Vanguard Conference on football
Wednesday, I was a member of a panel put together by Vanguard Newspapers to discuss the way forward for Nigeria football.
“This is Big Brother…. Gov Fashola, come to the diary room…â€
Big Brother: Your Excellency, Big Brother has noticed the dwindling fortunes of Nigerian sports and Big Brother wants to find out your opinion on this.
Gov Fashola: Big Brother, I am aware, but it is not as bad as some of us portray it.
Big Brother: Gov what gives you this hope?
That NFF romance with Pillars, Heartland
By Paul Bassey Events of the last three weeks, including two editorial pieces on our sports, coming as it were from two top newspapers – Guardian and The Sun – have set me thinking on the future of sports in this country, the most recent being the reelection bid of the outgoing President of the […]
From Sudan with hope
September 6 was a terrible day in the history of Nigeria football. It was a day confidence was buried alive and a buried “hope†was exhumed, becoming a bride courted by Nigerians from Maiduguri to Uyo. September 6, our World Cup qualification was put in dire straits, to say the least.
