Perspective from Sport

Well, the Super Eagles of Nigeria eventually succumbed to the Desert Foxes of Algeria in a pulsating semifinal game in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt. The Nigerian team lost by 2-1. To be honest, the result does not clearly illustrate how the Algerians threatened our goalline severally. The Super Eagles' build-up to the semi-finals has been anything but impressive in the tournament, losing to competition debutant Madagascar along the way. Personally, the last time I enjoyed a Super Eagles match was the friendly game against Argentina where we defeated South the Americans 4-2. I remember watching Super Eagles against Serbia at the Barnet Stadium, it was at that point that I started having some doubt about certain aspects of Gernot Rohr's managerial style. One case in point  was when  Junior Ajayi an Al Ahly national striker that was invited for the friendly game against Serbia jogged all night until he was brought in for Alex Iwobi in the 88th minutes. I would h

Faced with a crisis that threatens to overwhelm the governing body of soccer on the African continent, FIFA is taking the unprecedented step of sending its top administrator, its secretary general Fatma Samoura, to run the stricken organization. The Cairo-based Confederation of African Football, soccer’s largest regional confederation, has lurched from disaster to disaster in the past few months, and is on the verge of a total meltdown just as the region’s biggest national team competition — the Africa Cup of Nations — prepares to begin in Egypt. On the eve of the tournament, senior officials gathered for an emergency meeting, where they agreed to being led by Samoura, who will hold the title of FIFA High Commissioner for Africa when she assumes the new post later this summer. The decision comes amid myriad issues faced by CAF, not least an investigation into its Madagascan president, Ahmad Ahmad, by FIFA’s ethics committee amid a torrent of allegations of wrongdoing, ranging from