She asked me which team I used to play for. I started to explain that I was not one of the legends, “I run The Football Foundation for Africa. It’s an organisation..”
By Odindo Ayieko
When his friend, a former teammate at Strathmore University football club was gunned down by police five years ago in Tanzania on suspicion of engaging…
Reading Time: 6 minutesBack when I was a boy, about eight or nine years old, video games were a rare spectacle. Few households owned a console, Atari, Nintendo or SEGA. Therefore, it…
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn July 21st 2009, I left my country for the first time in my life. I was bubbling with energy ready to take up an opportunity that had virtually…
Kenyans breathed a sigh of relief – “we are better off without international football, let’s get our house in order first”.
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The transfer window in Europe is proving to be quite interesting, generating a measure of excitement almost equal to that experienced in the course of the season. Manchester United looking like champions already, Raheem Sterling makes a ridiculously expensive move from Liverpool to Manchester City, Mourinho must be…
However, the report more importantly highlights the need for sound structures to facilitate the execution of such strategic business operations. AFC Leopards needs proper structures and strong leadership. Failure to address these issues renders any other initiatives futile.
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In the wake of Zurich arrests and subsequent resignation of newly elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter, a lot of questions have been raised about the running of the world’s greatest game. At the end of World Cup 2014 in Brazil there was a lot of debate about…
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Last year in April when I got wind that the finals of the UEFA Youth League would be at the Centre Sportif de Colovray, Nyon, I got really excited at the prospect of watching the Barcelona youth team (against Benfica). I could not resist the offer of…
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In my previous article, I fronted schools as the way to go when it comes to football development. I mentioned that one of the reasons this strategy will work is that most schools already have the required infrastructure, the key…
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Late last year Football Kenya Federation launched the 10-year strategic plan for the development of football in Kenya. I have not managed to trace the document but I have read references to the same. One of the key proposals by the federation is to have an expanded…
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Football is just a game. However, because of the number of people involved in the sport it has become very much integrated with world affairs. Football impacts Political, Economic, Social and Technological (PEST) aspects of the world.
In this analysis I will look at these four…