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Seven tournaments have passed since Argentina last made it to the final of the Copa América . Indeed the last time the ‘albiceleste’ claimed an international trophy was in the South American tournament some 22 years ago, when they defeated Mexico in the 1993 final played in Guayaquil, Ecuador. With Barça’s Leo Messi and Javier Mascherano amongst their squad, the team coached by ‘Tata’ Martino first have to overcome Tuesday’s semi-final in the Ester Roa Stadium in Concepción at 8.30pm local time/1.30am Wednesday morning CET. The prize is a place in Saturday’s final against Claudio Bravo’s Chile team and the chance to claim their 15 th Copa América title, which would draw them level with all time leaders Uruguay. However, standing in their away are a Paraguay side, coached by Argentinian Ramón Díaz, who have hopes of repeating their performance of 2011 when they reached the final only to lose 3-0 to Uruguay. Previous meetings bode well Argentina can take comfort i...
Friday Olokor with Agency Report A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), on Saturday reflected on the state of the nation and came with a verdict that Nigeria is “walking in the wilderness.” He however expressed optimism that all the challenges currently facing the country would be temporary because God’s promise was that joy cometh very soon. Gowon, who spoke in Abuja, during the thanksgiving service to commemorate 20th anniversary of “Nigeria Prays”, a prayer movement for the country, advised Nigerians to continue to pray. According to him, the first rally by the Nigeria Prays held was held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on October 1 1996, when the ship of the Nigerian State was experiencing great turbulence for which the nation needed effervescent prayers of righteous souls to move God’s right hand to calm the storm. He said, “When you ask what prayers has God been answering, you think of all the problems and crisis that we have had in the country a...
The agent of Mario Balotelli led the growing criticism of former Italy and AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi following remarks criticising the number of “blacks” playing at youth level in Italy, AFP reports. Sacchi, a renowned football coach and innovator who notably helped Milan to back-to-back European Cups in 1989 and 1990, has claimed he is “not racist”. But comments made on Monday, when he said “too many blacks” played in Italy’s under-20 leagues, have attracted widespread criticism on social media. “Italy now has no dignity or pride, because we have too many foreigners playing in the under-20 leagues: in our youth sectors there are too many blacks,” Sacchi said during an awards ceremony in Montecatini Terme late on Monday. A growing number of sports personalities, including former England international Gary Lineker, hit out at the comments. But the agent of Italy star Balotelli, born to Ghanaian parents but adopted by white Italians, called Sacchi “ignorant” and, in iro...
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