Verified Sports Analyst

On the 16th of December 2024, many sports lovers especially football fans and enthusiasts gathered at Marrakesh, Morocco to put names on a long standing yearly award ceremony. The ceremony was put together by Confederation of African Football, CAF and was graciously attended by football heavy weights, former and active football players that also included CAF and FIFA presidents, Dr Patrice Motsepe and Gianni Infantino. It was an entertaining event. The highlight of the event was the individuals awards with the most anticipated one, the Best player award deservedly won by Ademola Lookman. The Atalanta Winger/forward has had a stellar performance all through the year. Including his beastly performance at the Europa League finals that saw him creating and breaking records with a hattrick of spectacular goals. I believe everyone knew he was that African who had the most standout performance throughout the year and there was no doubt about it. No disrespect of course to the other nominees w...

Many people are curious to know why FIFA in all its wisdom is seeking to expand the Club World Cup at a time when there has been agitations from clubs and players alike for a reduced fixtures in the playing calendar. This is to allow players recuperate, have enough time for leisure and family. This call seems not to resonate with the sports world governing body. FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2025 TROPHY From all that we as soccer fans have gathered, it was expanded to be an all inclusive competition, becoming more competitive and rewarding for both club and the game in itself. This is a valid reason of course. We are hoping that the club and players are able to manage this situation to not affect the participants, players mainly negatively. As fans and football enthusiasts, we want an unending entertainment as long as those that are meant to entertain us are happy while at it. So the expanded edition has been slated to hold between Sunday 15th June 2025 to 13th July 2025 for twenty nine days. Th...

The Cryptocurrency market has seen a considerable amount of positive growth in the last one month following former American President Donald Trump victory at the November polls returning him to the white house. Following this positive trend, the least of worries for bitcoin traders is not the current surge but stability in the market considering other market forces in the USA and world over when Donald Trump takes office in January. Since the November elections, the cryptocurrency market especially Bitcoin has seen about 33% rise in prices. This has boosted confidence in investors to throw in a 'little bit more' into the market as future growth is expected. For the broader conversation on payments and exchanges using cryptocurrency for individuals and corporations, I will look back to a market research that was done some two years ago. The publication was issued in regards to a number of athletes that agreed with their various employers to have their wages paid in crypto. About...

On the heels of a new year comes December. December is a month that premier league stakeholders - players, club managers as well as owners fidgets. It is a month that puts great pressure on players to deliver results in the midst of packed schedule. The premier league clubs and players have over the years complained about these fixtures and the premier league authority seem not to be bothered. Some clubs like Chelsea FC have as many as nine games to execute within the month. Tottenham has nine, Manchester United has eight. Fulham has a reduced match as they are to execute seven matches in December, Liverpool has nine and City have eight fixtures for December. The teams that have appearance at European club competitions have more matches to execute. The issues arising from these compacted match fixtures is the most likelihood of injuries among players. Some clubs already have a long list of injured first team players and are already trying to cover up these absentees with second team pl...