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Usyk-Dubois and Questionable Low Blow

Daily Dispatch
By Kunle Awosiyan The boxing organisation is over protecting Oleksandr Usyk and this is not good for boxing at the heavyweight division. For me, the challenger, Daniel Dubois has just been robbed of a victory, following a questionable low blow landed on Usyk’s tummy. For God’s sake boxing is not for the vulnerable, especially the […]
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NFF sack Paseiro as Super Eagles Coach

Daily Dispatch
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has decided not to extend the contract of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles coach. This followed a virtual Executive Committee meeting on Friday chaired by NFF President Ibrahim Gusau. A top official disclosed that the decision was taken after negotiations for a new contract with Peseiro […]
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The Trouble With A Kiss; Story of Rubiales

Daily Dispatch
By Kunle Awosiyan Toqday I stole the title of a book, “The Trouble With A Kiss’ by bestselling author, Heatherly Bell but with a sharp deviation from her story. My own story is about Luis Rubiales, the Spain Football Federation president who kissed his woman player, Jenni Hermoso on her lips in the public glare. […]
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Suleiman, Aliyu: The Return of Mathematical Odegbami

Daily Dispatch
Two brothers: Suleiman and Aliyu Ibrahim are fast manifesting the traits of the football maestro of our time, popularly called, in the early eighties, as “Mathematical Segun Odegbami.” He was so called because of his mastery of the game and particularly, his smooth ball control, which almost always resulted in impossible goals.Suleiman, 18 and Aliyu, […]