Kolade Chris Blog

The best and most publicised league in the world, English Premier League returns this weekend after the interesting game week 24 midweek fixtures in which leaders, Liverpool continued their impressive run and Manchester United fell to Burnley at home.  On Saturday 1st February, Leicester will be hoping to get back to consistent winning ways against Chelsea for the lunchtime kick-off fixture at The Kingpower stadium. The main man, Wilfried Ndidi will surely be in contention to start against The Blues after his unexpected recovery from injury. For the goal rush fixtures, Bournemouth will be locking horns with Aston Villa at the Vitality stadium in the South Coast, Crystal Palace welcomes Chris Wilder's men, Sheffield United to Selhurst Park;  The Eagles will be aiming for three points since they recorded a loss against Southampton on the same ground during Matchweek 24. In continuation of the Goal-rush fixtures, leaders, Liverpool battles The Saints in the bid to establish more...

Football, the beautiful round-leather game, has united the world for more than a century. The game was introduced to The Olympics in 1900 and has been held on every occasion since then apart from the 1932 Los Angeles Games in The United States; in the same vein, the first edition of a FIFA football competition involving the whole world – FIFA World Cup – was held in Uruguay in the year 1930. Since then, football has evolved and developed to one of the best [if not the best] grossing games in the world. Football has been a source of income and mean of livelihood for the whites and blacks alike, but since its inception in the global scene and the time blacks start going professional, a discrimination tagged “racism” has been a hindrance to the emotional well-being of footballers, development and smooth running of the game. Several football players and officials – majorly of the African and Semitic descents – have being the targets of racial slurs from fans, officials and fellow footbal...

It is glaringly evident that all seeds sprout and become larger plants, shrubs, or trees that bear larger fruits which in turn, contain more seeds. To me, the most amazing of all these seeds is that of mustard. It is one of the smallest seeds known and when planted, becomes one of the “largest and the most productive” plant in the world. That is not just the astonishing thing about the mustard seed: from the seed, Mustard sauce, table mustard – a pungent powder/paste, Mustard greens – a leaf eaten as cooked greens in many Asian countries, Mustard oil – an oil used for making soap, treating arthritis, common cold and rheumatism, Sinapism – a plaster containing black mustard powder applied to the skin as counterirritant are all gotten. In addition to these, The Mustard seed is the source of Mustard agent – a toxic gas that can be used as bio-chemical weapon in warfare due to the fact that it causes blisters on the skin and has no known antidote. I will not be attributing this scenario ...

Individual dominance [or even any other dominance that exists in life], is never for a lifetime. Its very clear to all that all the powerful kingdoms that have ruled the world at one epoch at a time or the other, be it Egypt, Greece, Babylonia, Persia and The Roman Empire never held on to it till today, the most powerful nation in the world today will also not hold on to it till eternity. In any other ramifications of life too, be it sports, entertainment or business, there has never been a time any single powerful entity hold on to dominance consistently for a long time because "life is full of ups and down", though a cliche but  entirely true.  One of the most successful football clubs in the world, Liverpool are still waiting since the early 90s to win their first ever Premier League title; Real Madrid has the highest number of Champions League trophy but had to go without one between 2003 and 2013; Anthony Joshua had all the belts apart from one but got knocked out by a...

During the years of the decade (2010 and 2019), the football world witnessed one of the greatest outturn and upturn of new footballers who were wonderful prospects. This could be attributed to the heavy investments in the Sport due to improved Academies, improved wages and better stadia, alongside the growing competition for silverwares, but this piece would not be dwelling on that. New footballers have emerged from everywhere all around the world be it Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Europe. Nigeria is not left out as players like Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo, Kenneth Omeruwo, Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi all came into limelight during the years.    Kayode Kolade Christopher, a member of The Whistle Sports Group (WSG) takes a look at some of the notable footballers that have so far stood against all odds to break into limelight in the beautiful round leather game. 15. Ngolo Kante  From playing in the French third division in 2012 to win...

I salute the resilience of the Nigerian populace that are thriving in a nation with double-digit inflation. I salute the perseverance of the AAUA lecturers and several other Nigerian civil servants being owed over six months salaries and arrears. I admire the tenacity of the Nigerian artisans staying out there under the sun everyday to feed their immediate families and even make sure their wards get educated. I salute the doggedness of the unemployed and under-employed youths/graduates going up and down to make sure the future is assured. I salute the prayerfulness of the Mohammed-like and Christ-like Nigerian Muslims and Christians. Venezuela—a country not as corrupt as Nigeria have collapsed recently because the government failed to safe during the oil-boom days; Nigeria—a country so corrupt to the extent that governors ganged up not to pay workers salaries because they want the country's external reserve shared—did not safe during the oil-boom days too but is still a litt...

The Buffalo (Bison Bison) is a very large and gregarious animal. The male, called “Bull” could weigh up to 2000 lbs. (900 Kg). Within a group, the dominant male takes the leadership role. Remember they are gregarious – rarely would a single Buffalo be sighted grazing alone. The lion female (lioness) is a very fierce animal capable of attacking a herd of Buffalo because of its courage. But unfortunately, the highest weight lions could reach is 420 lbs. (190 Kg) so, it would take at least five fully grown lions to take down a single Buffalo. In addition, the lion might not survive a single stamp from a buffalo because of that weight. The wolf is another fierce carnivore just like lion but not as fast and successful in hunting as lion. A lot of prey would always outrun it. So, to ensure success in hunting, wolves hunt in groups (packs). When one runs and fails to catch the prey, it slows down and another one increases its speed, on and on like that until the prey is caught. The essence...