EDITH AGOYE TO HEAD SHOOTING STARS Congratulations to Edith Agoye on his appointment as the Head Coach of Shooting Stars FC (Up Shooting!) From school days to Shooting Stars as a player, to FC schaffhausen and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen and Esperance FC and Braunnau, Agoye Edith learned the game at all levels. He concluded part…
KOEMAN SACKED-KLOPP’S DEFENCE MAKES WAY AGAIN-MOURINHO FUMING-RONALDO AND BUFFON WIN EVERTON GIVE KOEMAN THE BOOT We all saw that one coming didn’t we? Ronald Koeman sacked as Everton manager after just nine games. The 5-2 drubbing by Arsenal was the final nail in the coffin that sealed Koeman’s fate: five losses, two draws and minus…
MUSICAL CHAIRS CONTINUE AT LEICESTER AS SHAKESPEARE LEAVES THE HOT SEAT. When Craig Shakespeare replaced Claudio Ranieri four months ago, we thought Leicester had found a messiah to mop up the ghosts of the past; results, club expectations after winning the league, players and two managers As results turned however this season, Craig has been…
HARRY KANES SLOVENIA AS ENGLAND ROMP TO RUSSIA It had to Harry Kane – as Tottenham fans say, one of us – who sent England to Russia in a lack lustre display against Slovenia. After an 88 minute stalemate, in which either of the sides could have taken the lead, but for world class stops…
SUPER EAGLES SOAR TO RUSSIA Against a fantastic team from Zambia on Saturday evening, Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Zambia by a solitary goal to qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018. Eagles become the first African team to book a place on the world stage next summer, with a game to spare.…
LEST WE FORGET HOW GUARDIOLA PEP-PPERED CONTE AT THE BRIDGE Chelsea fans will point to last season at the Emirates as the turning point in their last season. When Arsenal drubbed Chelsea 3-0 at the Emirates, it was the signal for Antonio Conte to move into a 5-2-3 formation that eventually took the league title…
AFRICA: CAN WE PRODUCE ANOTHER GOLDEN GENERATION? I had just arrived in Switzerland in to play professional football when Nigeria won the Atlanta Olympics gold medal, with some of my friends in that team. Nigeria was revered and feared going into the next year, both in Africa and Europe. George Opong Weah (European player of the…
HAS PSG FINALLY COME OF AGE? Mbappe, Neymar and Cavani. Add Rabbit, Alves, Thiago, DiMaria, Draxler, Veratti and Marquinhos, this team looks like the real deal and with the form of Mbappe and Neymar, we may be witnessing something new from Paris this season of the champions league. Is this the season that the French…
RUMMENIGGE ENDS ANCELOTTI’S REIGN AT BAYERN The handwriting was on the wall from pre-season. Two nil nil draws against Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim, 4-0 loss to AC Milan, 0-2 loss to Inter Milan, 3-0 to Liverpool, 2-0 loss to Napoli and Super cup final loss to Dortmund. And when Hoffenheim beat them 2-0 on match…