An opening on a river – Seine . Let us quickly have a fast one on this river .
The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering covering most of northern part of France
Clearly, some good things .
Some bad vibes , and some ugly developments, yet life has to go on as well all tend to cope with the positive arms of sports.
Samoan boxing coach, Lionel Elika Fatupaito, died in the Olympics Village on Friday, July 27th, 2024.
Argentina/ Morocco men’s soccer was marred with punches, not same for Mali / Israel.
It was victory in defeat for Nigeria’s women against the hard bitting women of soccer from Brazil.
The Nigerians gave it all, but luck was with the Brazilians in this one.
However, Brazil took it cardinal chance and Nigeria failed to take her own .
In the opening match, Guinea scored the first olympics final goal against New Zealand since 1968, but failed to hold their opponents in a 2-1 loss.
The Dominican Republic showed that there is no more minnows in football
The Africans are making waves thus far in Badminton, hopefully, the waves will amount to podium recognition. They are also challenged to dig more for better outcomes that will make people happier at a time like this .
Our words may swamp in seconds and attack in thousands like fire ants , the while idea is to get some facts out for the desired outcomes for growth and development , just like what a real parliament brings !
Sadly, our local football lost two personalities in face of the olympics just a few days apart- all from the same geo political zone .
May the souls of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu , founder of Heartland Fc and Senator Ifeanyi Uba rest peace.
Both have huge imprints in our nation’s soccer space .
As the Super Eagles continue to exist with a coach, generally speaking African football representatives in the Paris Olympics continue to struggle- Mali fell to Japan – thanks to two Nigerian extraction on the Japanese tough bitting squad.
It appears that the Super Eagles could get a coach soon! Expectations are high on this world wide .
Expectedly, France subdued Guinea in a match that was delicious to watch .
Egypt is just trying to breathe beating Uberkistan as the war ravaged Ukraine pipped Morocco and Guinea remains the wiping rod in the house for now. Finally, Egypt is home and dry to the next stage.
Things can change down the road in all the rumbling soccer canals for both men and women from the continent – our continent.
It’s left to be seen if the African representatives in 2024 Paris Olympics will make enough performance statements to be heard clearly, as the events in this olympiad could signal how the world , through its respective governments prepare of ever dotting sporting events in the world , and all its benefits
And on a not impressive note, the Super Falcons have “yamutued” out of Paris 2024 Olympics .
Now is the time to think ahead, and start to rebuild for a more robust outing!
See you again!
Note: this piece was pen earlier than the date of publication. Apologies.
