1st NaijaSuperFans Hangout holds August 24 in Lagos IT PROMISES to be a BLAST when the first NaijaSuperFans hangout holds this weekend in Lagos. Club president Mumini Alao says the inaugural event is planned to bring registered members of the club together for the first time since the club was launched in June this year. …
By Mumini Alao IT WAS not my first visit to the Sports Zone, the “most popular sports show anywhere,” as Sadiq, the cerebral yet vivacious morning belt anchor on Lagos Talks 91.3FM, likes to describe the programme. But certainly, it was my most enjoyable. Last Thursday morning, August the 8th, I had to leave home …
FOLLOWING NIGERIA’s AFCON semi-final 2-1 loss to Algeria last weekend in Egypt, a debate immediately ensued in traditional and social media on whether Gernot Rohr should continue on the job as Super Eagles coach. It was predictable. When a sports team are deemed by Nigerian fans not to have performed up to their expectation, the …
Pass Mark for Super Eagles and Gernot Rohr By Mumini Alao Read More »
I HAVE BEEN WRITING SOCCERTALK for 32 years now. This is the first time ever that I will be writing one article under a Double Headline as you can see above. After the Super Eagles responded positively to my challenge to “Die” against Cameroun last Saturday in their 2019 AFCON Round of 16 clash in …
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By Mumini Alao MY last diary on the on-going AFCON was a poser for the Super Eagles following their shock 2-0 defeat to Madagascar in their last group match. I asked: “Can these Eagles redeem themselves?” Well, their chance for redemption is here and it is in the shape of our bitter rivals Cameroun in …
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WHEN I wrote the original article titled “Super Eagles, Shame On You!” some days back, I wasn’t thinking of doing a sequel so soon. My commentary was a condemnation of the team’s unpatriotic protest over alleged non-payment of their camp allowances and bonuses at the AFCON. I never realized that a bigger shame was waiting …
Can These Eagles Redeem Themselves? By Mumini Alao Read More »
Soccertalk by Mumini Alao THE Super Eagles have landed in Egypt for the 2019 AFCON, but the talk still reverberating back home in Nigeria is about the dropping of Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho from the final squad. Opinion is divided. The player’s critics say it served him right because he’s had a poor season at …
