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Football is world’s most popular sport with a quarter of the world’s population rooting for a particular sport team or their national team; others just love to play a game of football. The World Cup in 2014 had millions of views and broke records on social media as the most followed event in the world. Everywhere you go, everyone, whether young or old, is talking about football, hence its global appeal is second to none.

  • Park The Bus: The Underdog’s way

    This week is an international break in the football world and as I was thinking of what to blog on, I remembered the story of T.E. Lawrence retold by Malcolm Gladwell in his book, David and Goliath. The British general, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, led the Arab revolt against the Turkish army occupying Arabia about…

    Read more
  • Football’s Fight Against Ebola

    The current outbreak of the precarious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is the deadliest in its history since it first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo (which occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name).…

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  • The Angel With Small Beginnings

    Manchester United this week against all odds landed a world class player in Ángel Fabián Di María Hernández for a British record fee of £59.7M, ending a long saga of speculations and berating of the Glazer family and Ed Woodward, the under fire Executive Vice-Chairman who gained notoriety for his ineptitude at the…

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What Football Teaches

10 LESSONS FROM THE WORLD CUP

10 LESSONS FROM RUSSIA 2018.

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Every four years, the world is treated to a soccer Jamboree—a display of the finest football teams the world has got to offer in the course of one enduring month. The fever is too potent to be extinguished as every shade of humanity is…
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November 8, 2018
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Yes Boss! Why Oliseh is the right man for the Super Eagles Job.

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For eons now I have been clamoring that one of the best coaches that fit the bill of being the national coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria is Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh. I wished for this not only because I had been a great admirer of the former…
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July 22, 2015
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Dangote buying Arsenal— The Billionaire’s mindset

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Each time I read about the unquenchable desire of the richest man in Africa  and the the 67th richest man in the world to buy one of the most glamorous football clubs in the world—I get somewhat giddy. Whether it’s because the cement…
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June 25, 2015
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FOUL! FIFA: Rule Makers or Rule Breakers?

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There are two basic laws, they say, that governs the existence of mankind: the rules of God and the rules of man; if you want to survive, don’t break them! I will not attempt to embark on the onerous task of elucidating the former as…
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June 6, 2015
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The Battle For La Orejona (Big Ears)

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All is now set for the biggest game of the season, the 60th of Europe’s apex competition and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champions Club’s cup to the UEFA Champions League, holding at the Olympiastadion in Berlin…
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June 5, 2015
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So Long, Farewell! (End of a Football Season Reflections)

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So long, farewell Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight! As the football season reached its climax across Europe last weekend and all the visuals of champions popping champagne in a show of triumph and splendor after a long tedious season dominated the…
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May 26, 2015
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Adebayor and Family: Lessons We Can Learn

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I read with uttermost dismay the other week the post Seyi Emmanuel Adebayor (SEA), the lanky Togolese International and Tottenham Hotspur forlorn striker wrote on his Facebook page where he made some blistering comments about the closest…
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May 14, 2015
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The “Special” Apprentice and his Philosophical Master

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Resurging English giant, Manchester United and league leaders Chelsea will lock horns in a promising fixture on Saturday April 18 at the Stamford Bridge. Both teams have been in a good run of form in recent times and would probably set up another…
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April 18, 2015
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The Power of Ronaldo!

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When Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the third time last January in Zurich, I had planned to write something about him but I was entangled with a deadline and by the time I tried to release my post, it had been overshadowed…
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April 11, 2015
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One Game At a Time!

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There are just about eight games left in the English Premier League and the quarter-finals for the UEFA Champions Europe have been fixed—everything is now racing towards the climax of the season. While some leagues are almost a done deal for…
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March 26, 2015
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The Lionel Messi Show: Thoughts From The UEFA Champions League Second Round

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The intriguing second round of the UEFA Champions league was concluded on Wednesday night and eight teams scaled the hurdle for a place in the quarter- finals of the competition. For the second time in three seasons, no English team made it…
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March 20, 2015
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An Emotional Encounter!

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I had feared the worst the day the draws for the FA Cup quarterfinals between Manchester United and Arsenal was made. While the literature on manutd.com had referred to the game as a “mouth-watering” fixture, I didn’t see anything mouthwateringin…
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March 13, 2015
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Why Always Football? The Idea Behind My New Book

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I woke up last Friday with a brutal determination to complete the book I’ve been scandalously reading for six weeks: Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer by David Winner. I’ve been reading like five other books simultaneously…
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March 3, 2015
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Lessons From The Africa Cup Of Nations Final

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It was a cagey and drab performance yesterday as Ivory Coast clinched the African Cup of Nations 2015 after edging out Ghana 9-8 on penalties, thus ending and breaking a 23 years spell that has seen many of the players in their golden generation…
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February 9, 2015
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Who Wants It More? Lessons From The FA Cup

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Last weekend there were some surprising results that got tongues wagging in the FA Cup matches played across England. The British FA Cup is the oldest football cup in the world and has always had things like this: surprise packages which many…
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January 28, 2015
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The Killer Instinct!

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“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult—once we truly understand and accept it—then life…
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January 16, 2015
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Who The Cap Fits … Vincent Enyeama!

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I grew up hero-worshiping former glovesman of the Super Eagles, Peter Rufai, a.k.a. Dodo Manyana. The finesse he adds to his craft is something that is difficult to come by these days. Rufai was instrumental to the success of the Super Eagles…
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November 19, 2014
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Diego Costa and the Power of Talent

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After the international break, the leagues in Europe resumed last weekend and as a Manchester United fan, I was looking forward to the new outlook of the Red Devils. The thoughts of having world class stars in the league of Radamel Falcao, Ángel…
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September 15, 2014
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What Football Transfers Teaches About Change

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Yesterday was Deadline Day for the European football transfer market and it was interesting to follow up all the melodrama that ensued all day which eventually climaxed by 11.00pm. There were many interesting transfers, and for the umpteenth…
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September 2, 2014
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Park The Bus: The Underdog’s way

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This week is an international break in the football world and as I was thinking of what to blog on, I remembered the story of T.E. Lawrence retold by Malcolm Gladwell in his book, David and Goliath. The British general, better known as Lawrence…
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October 16, 2014
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Football’s Fight Against Ebola

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The current outbreak of the precarious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is the deadliest in its history since it first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo (which…
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September 24, 2014
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The Angel With Small Beginnings

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Manchester United this week against all odds landed a world class player in Ángel Fabián Di María Hernández for a British record fee of £59.7M, ending a long saga of speculations and berating of the Glazer family and Ed Woodward, the under…
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August 30, 2014
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Atletico de Madrid and the power of teamwork!

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Last Wednesday, Atletico de Madrid destroyed knocked  out Europe’s bogey team—Chelsea FC, in the semi-finals of the European Champions League in a rather emphatic manner and afterwards  rival fans went agog on social media posting…
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May 2, 2014
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BOYZ TO BOSS: RYAN GIGGS CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM!

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  On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Ryan Joseph Giggs(OBE), the most decorated player in the history of Manchester United football club was elevated to the enviable position of a temporary manager following the axing of the beleaguered …
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April 24, 2014
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The Author

O.P. Philips is a freelance writer/entrepreneur. He is the author of The “OBAMA” in You! His new book, “What Football Teaches About Life” will be released soon.

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