A Glorious year

The milestone of successes of 2013 remain evergreen in the hearts of Nigerian sports enthusiasts. 

Following a dismal 2012, the fortunes of Nigerian sports could be said to have charted new paths to the glorious years where we were once globally reckoned in our field of events. 

The success story for the Super Eagles at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa in January and February after a 19 year wait was capped with the lifting of the trophy for a third time after previous victories at Nigeria 1980 and Tunisia 1994. 

Conquering Group F

Stephen Keshi has continued to tow the path of luck since he took over the reins as the coach of the senior national football team. I must give it to him, the “gods of soccer” may be smiling on him and Nigeria may actually hit the quarter finals of the World Cup next year in Brazil. 

Watching the FIFA World Cup draw last Friday, I saw the relieve on the faces of Nigerians after being pitched against Argentina, Iran and new comers Bosnia-Herzegovania in Group F. 

Most soccer pundits have handed the draws as “lucky” for Nigeria, others have expressed caution in our approach, while some have urged Keshi and his technical crew to take each game seriously irrespective of the opposition.