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...