Tag: IICC Shooting Stars

The Exit Of An Unusual Eagle – Philip Boamah!  –Odegbami

The Exit Of An Unusual Eagle – Philip Boamah!  –Odegbami

Except you are a die-hard football fan, a serious documenter of Nigeria’s football history, and abov [...]
Segun Odegbami @ 70: Restless, Creative And Mathematical

Segun Odegbami @ 70: Restless, Creative And Mathematical

By Gboyega Okegbenro This day, August 27th, exactly 70 years ago in 1952, a star was born into th [...]
Odegbami: Adekunle Awesu, The Left-Footed Genius, ‘Resurrects’!

Odegbami: Adekunle Awesu, The Left-Footed Genius, ‘Resurrects’!

Any one born after 1978 may not have heard, or may not know about Adekunle Awesu [pictured above] an [...]
Odegbami: The Forgotten Heroes Of December 12, 1976 – Race Against Time!

Odegbami: The Forgotten Heroes Of December 12, 1976 – Race Against Time!

We have been in a sprints race against Time! We were 20, or so, at the start of the race. It is [...]
Odegbami: Sport – Slavery For Local Athletes In Nigeria! (1)

Odegbami: Sport – Slavery For Local Athletes In Nigeria! (1)

Sport is presently slave labour in Nigeria. Without exaggerating, and I am asserting with all sense [...]
Odegbami: Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa!

Odegbami: Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa!

Several years ago, my team, IICC Shooting Stars FC, went to play a continental club match in Malawi. [...]
Odegbami: The Football Brotherhood, Friends For Life – The Story Of 1977!

Odegbami: The Football Brotherhood, Friends For Life – The Story Of 1977!

Today, again, I am going back in history to an unforgettable day in the calendar of Nigerian footbal [...]
INTERVIEW: Chukwu Speaks On 1980  AFCON Win 40 Years After; The Joy, Regrets, Family

INTERVIEW: Chukwu Speaks On 1980 AFCON Win 40 Years After; The Joy, Regrets, Family

Forty years ago - precisely on March 22, 1980, Nigeria won her first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) t [...]
Odegbami: Best Ogedegbe and Ibadan, the Graveyard of Forgotten Football Heroes!

Odegbami: Best Ogedegbe and Ibadan, the Graveyard of Forgotten Football Heroes!

I shall be in Ibadan next week. Why should that be news? Well, it really should not be, but it [...]
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