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#YourSportsMemo Podcast"Shooting Stars playing like prime Barcelona.." NPFL EditionACLSports' Samu Areo gathered NPFL journalists Yinka Salaudeen and Chris Emeyonu to review the weekend's matches in the league and touch on the Nigerian teams in the continent. Safe to say that Shooting Stars start to the season is getting the approval of SalaudeenIf you want to be kept abreast of the league and Nigerian football in Nigeria, this is the podcast to subscribe to.
2025-10-2040 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastGift Monday misses out on Super Falcons againAclsports' women's football reporter gathered Joy Ogunmoleya in Dublin, Robert Olimene in Ibadan and Ikechukwu Okeke in Awka to discuss another Super Falcons' list that does NOT include the gifted striker, Gift Monday. These are people versed in women's football in Nigeria and around the world.
2025-10-1832 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEuro 2024: Tournament Review and Final Preview - Is It Coming Home?Spain have been far and away the best team of this Euro 2024 but history tells us that the best teams don't always win tournaments. Peter Ntephe, Matt Smith and Deji Oseni in London, Mansa Adwoah in Germany join Calvin Emeka Onwuka in the pod to preview a tournament short on frills and excitement and preview the final. Three years ago, Deji was a regular on the Euro 2020 series we had and successfully predicted the winner. Check out his prediction for the winner of this tournament. They also choose their player of the tournament.
2024-07-1356 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastSuper Clubs and the effects of Finances on football leaguesIn what could be the just part 1, Calvin 'Emeka Onwuka is joined in the pod by Okey Aguoro, Sola Aiyepeku and Deji Faremi to discuss Super Clubs, effects of big money on football clubs and the leagues in Europe. Before the meat of the discussion, there was a fascinating insight on how IICC Shootings Stars Football Club of Ibadan, Nigeria was run in the 70s, as narrated by Sola. That on its own deserves another podcast. Okey and Deji give their views as per Real and La Liga merchants. These gentlemen know their sport..
2024-04-191h 06#YourSportsMemo PodcastChampions of Europe: Liverpool Fans CL Wins MemoriesLiverpool Football Club are English football best and most successful export with their six wins in the continent's top tournament - the Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League. In this mini-series, we speak to fans of Premier League clubs who have won the tournament to recount their memories of those wins. Regulars Akin Dawodu,Lakunle Yusuf are joined by Ikwerreman, Emeka Nwabudike and Lanre Adeola to look back on those nights. It was fun and we hope you enjoy it.
2023-11-2157 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastPremier League and Champions League Double for The ArsenalAbu Azeez, Bimboh Adekoya, Rotimi Dada and Ruth Odunayo join Calvin Emeka Onwuka in the pod to preview Arsenal's 2023/24 Season. They are united in their belief that at least the Premier League title will arrive the Emirates trophy room while there are those who believe that a double is possible. It was quite interesting. Before they started out I asked them to choose their favourite Arsenal players. Henry, Bergkamp and Kanu got mentions.
2023-08-251h 13#YourSportsMemo PodcastFIFAWWC 2023 review and final preview: England vs SpainThe penultimate episode in the FIFAWWC 2023 series of the podcast has all the usual suspects from the first episode. Doofan - the resident Octopus and a vocal Lionesses fan, Lucy, Ruth and Blessing join Sola and Calvin Emeka Onwuka to preview the tournament, name their outstanding players of the tournament.They also go ahead to preview the final between Spain and England. You should listen to the roll call on who wins. There was enough time to talk about the Nigeria Super Falcons heartbreak penalty-kick defeat to England.
2023-08-181h 03#YourSportsMemo PodcastSuper Falcons Vs The Lionesses Rnd of 16 Preview: Time to give your allWith a former Super Falcons captain in Evelyn Nwabuoku, and coaches Shola Adegun and Tolani Oluwalose joining the usual gang of Sola Oyeniyi, Blessing Fowowe, TheAfroLucy, Vanessa Ezeokoye, Doofan, Ismail Akanni and Calvin Emeka Onwuka in a preview of the big match in Brisbane. The coaches in the pod describe what might happen tactically while Nwabuoku speaks from the point of view of the players in camp. She feels that Nigeria has nothing to lose and they should just give it their all.
2023-08-0656 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastAUNZ2023 FIFAWWC First Round Review and Africa shiningCalvin Emeka Onwuka is joined in this episode of the FIFAWWC Series by former Super Falcons Goalkeeper, Rachel Ayeagba, Chief Suo Chapelle, Sola Oyeniyi, AfroLucy, Amara Faith and Blessing Fowowe. We review the first round of matches and pick out the stand out moments of the tournament so far. We also managed to sneak in previews for most of the Round of 16 matches.
2023-08-0357 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastFIFAWWC 2023: Africa shining and Jamaica on the brink@AfroLucy joins Atinuke Esan, Opeyemi Imoru, Chief Suo Chapelle, @gbemidepool for this ACLSports.com's Sixth anniversary episode of the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023. Calvin Emeka Onwuka presenting. The African teams - with the exception of African Champions, South Africa all have wins going into the last round of matches in the Groups. The Banyana Banyanas have a chance with their last game against Italy. Jamaica are in with a chance of qualification into the next round if they can avoid defeat vs Brazil, Linda Caceido and Colombia are all part of what the panel d...
2023-08-0151 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastQatar2022 World Cup: Let us just enjoy the games nowThe 100th episode of this podcast has www.Aclsports.com's Chief Football Writer hosts the maiden edition of the Qatar2022FIFAWorldCup Podcast with Azubuike Okechukwu, Ufuoma Egbamuno, Deji Gbenro and Temitayo Ojo.Okechukwu expects Argentina to win the tournament, Egbamuno does not think Qatar is as bad as many make them out while Ojewunmi-Ojo just wants us to forget all the negative stories and get on with supporting the footballers.
2022-11-2054 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastThank You, Tobi AmusanThirty-nine years of hurt and disappointment come to an end in Oregon, US as Tobi Amusan wins the Gold at the 100m Hurdles event after breaking the World Record in the semi-final. Nigerians all over the world are celebrating her and her achievement. In the pod with me to discuss the epoch making event are Yewande Esan, Andrew Randa and Deji Ogenyingbo. An emotional day for all of us.
2022-07-2543 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastCommonwealth Games Series with Mary AkinsolaIn this Episode of the Series Mary Akinsola talks with Nigeria Athletics Journalist Funmi Fameso on the World Championships in Oregon and the Nigeria's preparation for the Commonwealth Games..
2022-07-2326 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastCommonwealth Games Series Ep 1 - With Mary and the GangThe Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK is upon us. Mary Akinsola and her Gang will have a Series in the Pod before, during and just after the Games.For this episode she has Godwin Nathaniel, Atinuke Esan, Busayo Olowookere, Raymond Tolulope in the pod.
2022-07-2033 min
#YourSportsMemo Podcast⌗WAFCON2022 Semi-Final PreviewI am joined in the podcast by our WAFCON2022 Regulars of Odunayo Ruth, Sola Oyeniyi, Blessing Fowowe and Fisayo Dairo to preview the South Africa Vs Zambia and Nigeria Vs Morocco semi-final match ups. The hosts are bidding to host to win, South Africa believe their consistency over the years should provide a WAFCON Triumph while the Zambians are not there to be joked with. Everyone in the Podcast is impressed with the Zambians and acknowledge the quality the Moroccans possess. It is going to be an exciting finish to the tournament.
2022-07-1848 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastWAFCON 2022. Morocco and South Africa shine in different waysSola Oyeniyi starts to present the WAFCON2022 Special episodes of the Podcast. In this episode she is joined by Favour Itua, Blessing Fowowe, Monsurat Olatunji and Fisayo Dairo. Fisayo Dairo believes that perhaps this is the opportunity for the rest of Africa to catch the tenth-title chasing Super Falcons of Nigeria
2022-07-051h 02#YourSportsMemo PodcastRoland Garros 2022. Business as Usual for RafaBiola Solace-Chukwu gathered her usual gang of Atinuke, Uzo and Femi to review Rafa Nadal's Tournament at Roland Garros, Paris. there was also plenty of time to discuss the winning machine that Iga Swiatek has become. Plus, a little preview of the Grass court season and the seeming absence of the the Williams' sister at the All England Tennis Club slam.
2022-06-0744 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastArsenal fans happy with return of European FootballArsenal Fans Bimboh, Ruth, Mo, Matt and Olaitan join me in the Pod to preview the 2021/22 Premier League Season. They feel it ended like a missed opportunity with regards to missing out on the Champions League BUT considering how the season started there is happiness on the return of European Football to the Emirates. Bukayo Saka wins their Player of the Season.
2022-06-0451 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastRoland Garros 2022 first week of shocks, Tsonga and Wimbledon dilemmaBiola Solace-Chukwu is joined in the Pod by the usual suspects Femi Kumuyi and Atinuke Esan while Uzo Onuoha was unavoidably absent. They discuss the shocks in the Women's draw, the retirement of Joe Tsonga and the current impasse regarding Wimbledon and the ATP and WTA.
2022-05-2447 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastChampions League Final: A hat trick of penalty shoot-out wins will be perfectLiverpool face Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions League final in Paris on Saturday hoping to cap the season with a 3rd Cup win after their triumphs in the Carabao and FA Cups in England.I am joined in the Pod by their fans Akin in London, Kenneth in Barbados, Gogolee in Port-Harcourt, Lakunle in Lagos and Pod debutant Damian also in Lagos.As expected they are bullish of Klopp's men's chances even though they are sweating on the fitness of Fabinho and Thiago.
2022-05-2454 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastUEFA Champions League Final special with Real Madrid fansReal Madrid and Liverpool football clubs meet in the 2022 UEFA Champions League final in a repeat of the 2018 final. Both these two European Aristocratic clubs had met in the 1981 European Champions Cup final in Paris back in 1981 - same venue for this year's final.I have gathered in the Pod three passionate Madridstas in Seun Oreks, Aisha Atitiola and Achopa Ezeuduma. They are quietly confident of a Real Madrid win. That is what Real fans do!
2022-05-2351 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"Not looking beyond Djokovic.." The Roland Garros 2022 Special PreviewNigeria no 1 Tennis writer and broadcaster Biola Solace-Chukwu hosts her friends in the Pod to preview the 2022 Roland Garros French Open tennis Championship starting on May 22nd.Biola is joined by Femi Kumuyi, Uzo Onuoha and making her debut on the Pod, Atinuke Esan. They are not looking beyond Djokovic for the men's title but the fear is how long Swiatek will keep her winning run going.
2022-05-2054 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastLeon Balogun on Ibrox atmosphere, UEL run and Qatar 2022 missLeon Balogun, the Glasgow Rangers and Nigeria Super Eagles defender makes his debut appearance on the Podcast in this episode. Balogun and his Rangers mates are in the UEL and Scottish cup finals so the big defender talks us through what it is like playing for the Glasgow giants, winning the league last season and this Europa League run.Balogun also talks about the pain of missing out on the Qatar 2022 World Cup and how much of a heartbreak it was.
2022-05-1055 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastWho is responsible for Man United's present state?Kilani Jamiu joined Kunle Fayiga, Doc IJ and myself in the pod to speak on what we think is responsible for the current situation at Manchester United. I blame Ralf Rangnick and all the previous managers. Kunle thinks it is the players, Doc IJ thinks it is shared. What do you think?
2022-02-2054 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastCFC Fans: May 29 2021 and all review and 2022 previewEuropean Champions and early Premier League Pacesetters Chelsea fans gather in the Pod to preview the year 2022 while reviewing a quite rewarding 2021.Kay Suberu is joined by Uzo Okoroma and Tayo Kehinde. As usual, Suberu leads the charge that Chelsea will win it all while the others believe a cup and a 2nd place finish in the league are achievable.
2021-12-2950 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastBarcelona, Arsenal, Xavi, Guardiola Mixed Grill PodA Mixed Grill of fans from across the world speaking about the current situations at their various clubs. There is a City fan not very impressed with Pep Guardiola and his City legacy, a Liverpool fan expecting a League and Cup double, Arsenal fans on Arteta. There is also a Man United fan hoping for the best. The Barcelona fan is patient and clear on what the next few years will bring.YourSportsMemo podcast properly mixed.
2021-12-1159 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastLionel Messi 7th Ballon d'Or, Ragnick and PL RaceSeyi Alao, Doc IJ, Kayode Suberu, Agbo Chukwuma and Kunle Fayiga look at Lionel Messi's latest feat. They also take a look at the Man United's appointment of Ralf Ragnick on an interim basis plus the Premier League title race. Kay is certain Chelsea will win the title. Chukwuma is certain Arsenal will finish in the Top 4 while wishing evil continually on Manchester United "because of the Howard Webb days.."
2021-11-301h 22#YourSportsMemo PodcastEducation or playing sport - some regretsA Special episode in which new and regular panelists share their experience of playing sports and what might have been if they had followed through. Wisdom Obi-Dickson and Mohammed Abdulbaki are the newbies that joined Bola Adegbonmire, Lakunle Yusuf, Doc Ij and Bimboh Adekoya. Doc IJ loved playing basketball, Lakunle loved his hockey while the rest of us were pretty much football folks. Their stories are riveting and probably same across most of the world where getting higher education degrees tend to be high on the agenda of most parents.
2021-10-211h 33#YourSportsMemo PodcastYou need to know more than Arsenal Vs Chelsea - Women in Nigeria Sports Media 2The second part of Women in Nigeria Sports Media has Tega Onojaife, Ngozi Ezeuduma, Cece Omorogbe and Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam their experience in this industry. They were candid as they talked about getting in, staying in and even on the sexual harassment issues they have faced. A must listen for young women wanting to get into sports media in Nigeria
2021-10-151h 34#YourSportsMemo PodcastDon't want to be popular paupers - Nigeria women in sports mediaThe Nigeria sports media landscape has changed with more women involved than ever before. In this episode of YourSportsMemo Podcast we had in the Pod Mercy Chuwang, Odunayo Ruth, Biola Solace-Chukwu, Sola Oyeniyi, Ijeoma Okigbo, Monsurah Olatunji and Opeyemi Imoru. They recount how the journey started, where it is at the moment and their hopes for the future. Seems like there is a lot of work to be done to have the women feel totally accepted in the industry.
2021-10-081h 34#YourSportsMemo PodcastChelsea host City and NLD Preview EpisodeOmotayo Kehinde a CFC fan is joined in the pod by Bimboh Adekoya, Rotimi Dada, Semiu Kasali and Coach Tolani to preview the big matches of the weekend in the Premier League. Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea host the Champions, Man City while Spurs make the short journey down the road to play Arsenal at the Emirates in the North London Derby.Amazing how City are the underdogs in this match despite being the Champions from last season but majority in the pod feel so.
2021-09-2450 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastPremier League WK 5 Review: Lingard, DDG and ChelseaChelsea look unstoppable at the moment so we had two Chelsea fans Seyi Alao and Lawrence Omoregie in the pod with Michelle Dada, Doc Ij, Wunmi Thomas, Femi Kumuyi and Kunle Aderibigbe to review the weekend action of the clubs they support. It was very lively, to say the least.To round it up, the panel was asked to pick their moments of the weekend. Kunle and Wunmi were different.
2021-09-2052 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastRonaldo 'Ororo' Returns - United fans celebrateThe 27th of August 2021 was an epochal day in the lives of many Manchester United fans as Portuguese Hero, Cristiano Ronaldo aka 'Ororo' returned to the red side of Manchester. In this special 'Ororo' Episode, United fans Uncle Wilson, Bola Adegbonmire, Tola Adewoye, Doc Ijay Usonwu and Dotun Ilori join their voices to Audio Notes sent into the pod by other Manchester United fans.It is a bumper special episode. The expectations of the United fans are extraordinary and some very funny
2021-09-101h 02#YourSportsMemo PodcastAnfield Showdown 2: Easy home win for LFC FansLiverpool players, staff and their fans feel very shortchanged from the events and injuries of the last season that affected their title defence. Their top players are back fit and rearing to go. So are their fans. Calvin Emeka Onwuka is joined in the Pod by China Acheru, Emeka Nwabudike, Kunle Yusuf, Gogo Fonyama and Nedu Chikezie to preview the tea-time kick off at Anfield vs Chelsea. They also had time to discuss the Club's chances in the Champions League group stage and the premier league season.On the visit of Chelsea, these fans are n...
2021-08-2747 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastAnfield Showdown 1: A win and clean sheet - CFC FansIn an early season big game, title favourites Chelsea visit Anfield to take on the 2020 Premier League Champions, Liverpool. After a stroll at the Emirates last weekend the Chelsea fans expect a tougher match up north. Regular, Uzochi Okoroma is joined by Sami Bam, Seyi Alao and Ahmed Rufai Isah in the pod with Calvin Emeka Onwuka. They were very confident of leaving Anfield with a win.
2021-08-2747 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastArsenal Vs Chelsea Preview PodcastTitle Favourites Chelsea visit the Emirates to face Arsenal this weekend in what is going to be a cracker. Big Romelu Lukaku will be making his Chelsea comeback while Mikel Arteta will be hoping to welcome back skipper Aubameyang from Covid illness. Kay Suberu in Abuja and Ivan in Malabo are Chelsea fans in the Pod. They are joined by Arsenal fans Bimboh Adekoya, Amit Limbachia and Lekan Alli-Balogun. Chelsea contingent are certain of an away win while Bimboh believes that Arsenal's recent record Vs Chelsea will be maintained. It was fun times in the Po...
2021-08-2055 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastPremier League title not enough for Man City this seasonManchester City fan Edwin Ibe joined in the pod for the first time. He is not overly troubled by the opening day defeat to Spurs, expects the club and Pep Guardiola to target the Champions League this season. Edwin joined Femi Kumuyi, Matt Smith, Tuka Lekura and Mayowa (Another first timer) to discuss the opening weekend of the premier league season. China Acheru moved in and out of the Podcast trying to discuss Liverpool's chances for this season.
2021-08-1752 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastMan United and Solskjaer time for the titleSix Passionate Manchester United fans in the Pod to discuss the club's chances of the title this 2021/22 Premier League season. Consensus seems to be this is the time to win or compete for the title into the last weekend. Regulars Uncle_Wilson, DocIjay, Eddie Mo, Bola Adegbonmire are joined by Izu Akawor and Tuka Lekura. For DOF Wilson "Get me a DM (Wilfred Ndidi) and surely it will be the Premier League title or the Champions League".Eddie Mo was more sceptical though "I will take another 2nd place finish and an FA Cup win".
2021-08-1359 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastChelsea for the title/top 2 - their fans believe soSola Oyeniyi, Uzo Okoroma, Kay Suberu and TY Kehinde are the bullish fans of European Champions who join Calvin Emeka Onwuka in the Pod to preview their club's chances in the 2021/22 Premier League season. The understated feeling is that the club will finish in the top 2 but their deepest belief is that Chelsea will win the league.
2021-08-1255 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastPepè's Season To Shine: Arsenal Fans 2021/22 PL Season PreviewArsenal fans Bimboh Adekoya, Rotimi Dada, Matt Smith and Deji Oseni join Calvin Emeka Onwuka to preview their club's chances in the 2021/22 Premier League Season. There is a unity in the belief that Pepe will shame his detractors and be the shining light for the club this season. With James Maddison, Rotimi sees the club in the Top 4.
2021-08-1249 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastWimbledon return and Djokovic TributeNovak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty lived up to their top billings by winning at Wimbledon. The Aussie winning her maiden Wimbledon title while the Serb clinched a record equalling 20th Grand Slam. Biola Solace-Chukwu in Lagos, joined Calvin Emeka Onwuka in the Pod along with Uzo Onuoha and Femi Kumuyi to discuss SW19 and pay tribute to the winning machine that is Djokovic
2021-07-1450 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEuro2020: It went to Rome; Bonucci, Donnarumma and SterlingAfter 4 weeks of really great football, Italy are the European Champions for the 2nd time. Roberto Mancini's side's penalty shoot-out win at Wembley Stadium was the ultimate victory for a team on a 34-match unbeaten run. Calvin Emeka Onwuka was joined in the Pod by the jubilant Ejike Ikwuagu and Deji Oseni (resident Octopus) plus Matt Smith and Femi Kumuyi. A first timer, Lamid Momodu joined in from Lagos in this tournament finale.
2021-07-1249 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEuro2020 Final: Home or Rome?A thoroughly entertaining Euro2020 Tournament has reached the final with Roberto Mancini's Italy coming up against Gareth Southgate and the Three Lions of England. Joining Calvin 'Emeka Onwuka was Doc Ijay, Sola Egunjobi, Deji Oseni, Eddie Mo and Ejike Ikwuagu. The panel split on who wins this match but agree on it going to be a cracking game
2021-07-1051 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEuro2020 Semi-finals: All to play for at WembleyThe fantastic Euro2020 Championship is into the final four with 1968 winners, Italy; 1992 winners, Denmark and 2008/2012 winners, Spain joined by England for the semi-finals at Wembley, London.Calvin 'Emeka Onwuka is joined in the pod by Femi Kumuyi, Matt Smith, Ejike Ikwuagu, Eddie Mo and Andrew Anyafo to preview the semi-final and talk about the contrasting styles of all four teams left.
2021-07-0546 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEngland won't have a better chance of winning a tournamentAfter a series a pulsating matches in the Round of 16 at the Euro2020 Championship, Akin Dawodu, Deji Oseni, Sola Egunjobi and Doc Ijay Usonwu join Calvin 'Emeka Onwuka to preview the quarter-finals. The Danes are Dark Horses, Italy have a solid team and base they work off, Spain are into their groove while England won't get a better chance of winning a major tournament. By all intents and purposes, our panelists list these four teams to progress to the semi-finals.
2021-07-0259 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastSub-plots at Wembley, goals in Glasgow. Euro2020 RN16The Euro2020 enters the knock-out round of 16 stage so Deji Oseni, Doc Ijay and Ejike Ikwuagwu join Calvin Emeka Onwuka in the Pod to preview the matches.There will be goals in the Sweden Vs Ukraine game and many sub-plots in the England Vs Germany match - the panelists say.
2021-06-2545 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastDumfries, Locatelli and quality refereeing at Euro2020 Thus Far..Calvin Emeka Onwuka is joined in the Pod by Bimbo Adekoya, Matt Smith and Amit Limbachia to discuss the ongoing Euro2020. Dumfries of Holland, Locatelli of Italy and the heartbreaking moment with Christian Eriksen was discussed. Italy, France, Holland looking good while Southgate and England get scrutinised. However the quality of officiating was properly noted and praised.
2021-06-2151 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastOnly Djokovic can stop DjokovicNovak Djokovic overcame his long term rival, Rafa Nadal and young gun Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Roland Garros Grand Slam. The Serb is on the cusp of a calendar Slam. So I gathered in the Pod, Biola Solace-Chukwu, Yemmy Ojo and Femi Kumuyi to review RG 21. Barbora Krejcikova won the women's event as there was totally different quartet in the semi-finals from last year. The panellists look at why there is not the same consistency in the WTA as found in the ATP.
2021-06-1651 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastMancini or Deschamps for the title and Kante for MVP...Deji Oseni, Ogaga Akpomiemie, Ejike, Eddie Mo and Jidechi Chidiezie join Calvin 'Emeka Onwuka in the Pod to preview the Euro2020 Tournament holding across the continent from June the 11th. Two of them say Mancini's Italy will win the tournament the others say it will be France with N'Golo Kante being named the MVP of the Tournament. It was nice banter in the Pod.
2021-06-0952 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastChelsea Fans going spiritual/traditional for Champions League FinalIvanlotti, Debbie Chelsea, SimplyTeewhy and Kay Suberu join Calvin Emeka Onwuka to preview the 2021 Champions League final match between their beloved Chelsea and Man City. Kay believes strongly that Hakim Ziyech will score in this final, Debbie does not care what happens as long as Chelsea win. It was an exciting time in the pod. Ivan joined us from Malabo, Eq Guinea.
2021-05-2850 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast2020/21 Premier League Final Day Fans' Round-UpThe 2020/21 Premier League has ended with Liverpool and Chelsea filling the final 2 Champions League slots on the final day. On this 50th Episode of the Podcast, Bimboh Adekoya (Arsenal), Doc IJthereddiva (Man Utd), Femi Kumuyi (Spurs) and Uzor Okoroma (Chelsea) join Calvin Emeka Onwuka to discuss their immediate views of the just ended season.
2021-05-2350 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastReal Madrid need Haaland or Mbappe for next seasonDespite beating Barcelona home and away, taking 4 points off Atleti and Sevilla, Real Madrid finish behind City rivals Atletico Madrid who win their second title under Diego Simeone.In the Pod with Calvin Emeka Onwuka are 3 Real fans of many decades Okechukwu Aguoru who joined us from Senegal, Seun Oreks and Aisha Atilola spoke from Lagos, Nigeria. Give it to Real fans, even when they know they are broke they still believe in their Galactico signings..
2021-05-2246 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastIstanbul '05, Barcelona at Camp Nou, AFCON '94 and other great memorieThe 1994 Nigeria Super Eagles were engaged in a titanic semi-final match with holders CIV in that year's AFCON s'final. Akin Dawodu starts the Pod off with his memories of that match. Sola Egunjobi takes the pod further back to the 1982 World Cup - Brazil Vs Italy match in Barcelona, Spain. Calvin Emeka picks the Super Eagles opening group match at US '94 for his memorable match. These and many more as folks who have watched, presented and being on many forms of mass media over the years talking about this sport.
2021-05-171h 02#YourSportsMemo PodcastLucky shirt, Merseyside Derbies, Alex Ferguson and other FA Cup final MemoriesWith a few days to the FA Cup final, an old timer remembers the times when the FA Cup final in England used to be a show-piece event. Now it is almost an afterthought.Talking of lucky shirts, BBC World Service, Merseyside Derby finals and Alex Ferguson.. He remembers many of those days.
2021-05-1344 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastArteta In or OutFollowing what is looking like a season in which Arsenal Football Club are not going to qualify for European Football, four passionate fans of the club are in the pod with Calvin Emeka Onwuka to give their take on the Manager Mikel Arteta and the club as a whole. Season Ticket holders Ekpen Omonbude and Kunle Aderibigbe are joined by Ruth Odunayo and Rotimi Dada. They have strong views but deliver them in the most considered of manners.
2021-05-0854 min
#YourSportsMemo Podcast#SuperEaglesBackInLagosThe Nigeria Super Eagles are back in Lagos for the first time since 2001 for a full International. In this Special Episode in Partnership with Lagos State Sports Council we speak to some who remember what it felt like to watch the team in Lagos. Former Super Eagles Media Officer, Toyin Ibitoye joins experienced heads like Akin, Fela and Kunle Yusuf to recount their experience of watching the Super Eagles in Lagos.
2021-03-3050 min
#YourSportsMemo Podcast"I wanted to run back because of the crowd" - Taiwo EnegweaTaiwo 'Energy' Enegwea was part of the Nigeria U17 squad that went to Canada in 1987 to defend the trophy won two years earlier in Beijing, China. Team got as far as the final only to lose on penalties to the Soviet Union. Energy recounts the experience of playing in front of a packed National Stadium, Lagos and his time with the 1989 U20s in Saudi Arabia
2021-02-2424 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEmmanuel Amuneke: "Victor Osimhen has incredible hunger"AFCON '94 and Atlanta '96 goalscoring hero for Nigeria, African Footballer of the Year Emmanuel Amuneke dropped into the Pod to talk about his playing and current coaching career. Truly a treat! Amuneke has coached in Sudan, Egypt and qualified Tanzania for their first AFCON in 2019 since 1980. In this Podcast he talks about his coaching experience, his qualifications and how much he believes that there are enough talent in the African continent to make inroads into the world game. He comes across as a 'Coaches Coach' even,
2021-02-051h 07#YourSportsMemo PodcastBruno Fernandes and Man UnitedCalvin Emeka Onwuka and Blessing Fowowe host another episode of the Podcast. Man United visit the Champions on the 17th of Jan and our panel discuss the influence of the Portuguese, Fernandes on the club from Old Trafford, Manchester. Ifreke Inyang, Eze Egwim, Dr IJ join the hosts in the Podcast
2021-01-1652 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"I'm not sure Serena Williams will win another Grand Slam"Join Calvin Emeka Onwuka and Blessing Fowowe as they present the first edition of the show in 2021. Nigeria's no 1 Tennis writer Biola Solace-Chukwu is in the Pod to review Tennis in the 2020 and then preview the 2021 season. Mrs Solace-Chukwu does not think Serena Williams will win another Grand Slam while hoping the 'NextGen' set in the Men's Tour will be able to win more Slams.
2021-01-0438 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastMikel Arteta and Arsenal - what happens next?Seven defeats in twelve league games including four at home but 9 points off the top four places what is next for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal as the busy Christmas Schedule arrive? Emma Dele Nwachukwu, MVP Sawadinho, Martins Otokpa are in the Pod to discuss it. We were also joined on the phone by Seun Oreks, Sunny Megbuzie and brought home by Ifreke Inyang. It was lively, it was emotional and it was quite interesting. The mood in the podcast is that manager is living on borrowed time but Emma was adamant that the problem is deeper than j...
2020-12-141h 04#YourSportsMemo PodcastNorth London Derby SpecialJose Mourinho and Tottenham Hotspurs going into the first North London Derby of the season top of the Premier League. In this #NLD Special episode of the Show we have two separate panels of fans to discuss their teams' fortunes. The Spurs fans are so bullish that they even believe they will win the Premier League.In the White and Blue Corner Akin-Olawale Lanre, Janet Tijani and Niyi Raji, in Lagos Nigeria. In the Red and White part of the Seven Sisters Road is Ahmet Limbachia and Matt Smith.
2020-12-0457 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastDiego Maradona - A Tree That Made ForestsThe Greatest Footballer of many generations Diego Armando Maradona has died. Argentina's World Cup winning skipper of 1986, the God in Naples, Italy, Maradona was a one-off. In this episode we have a panel of Sola Egunjobi, Bola Adegbonmire and Bode Oguntuyi talking about their most abiding memories of the great man.The panel apart, there were contributions from Tunde Adelakun, Ifreke Inyang, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, Waka-Waka Doctor and many many more. We all pay our tributes to a man who affected football in a dimension never seen before and probably since
2020-11-2558 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastThe Champions Injury CrisesWith no less than 7 first team players out injured, the Champions Liverpool go into a run of tough matches in the league and in Europe. How will they cope? This Episode speaks to Liverpool fans from across the Globe on what they feel will happen to their club. Sam Mbonu in Houston, Texas, Kenneth Onyekwe in Barbados, Eky Shirley in Lagos are joined by Emeka Nwabudike in the panel to discuss this run of injuries for the football club they support so passionately. They also ran the rule over the performance of new signing Diogo Jota
2020-11-2148 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastFavourite National Teams of All TimeFrom Brazil's flamboyant 1982 side to their predecessors who won the World Cup in 2002; the Michel Platini led France of 1982-86 to the Holland side that won the Euros in 1988, the African teams of Cameroon in 1990 and Nigeria in 1994 our Panel dissect their choices. International Week gives the Podcast the chance to assemble a Panel of keen football watchers to choose their Favourite International sides down the years. Akin Dawodu, Ekpen Omonbude, Peter Ntephe and Abdul-Hamid Sadiq choose their faves and why.
2020-11-161h 05#YourSportsMemo PodcastSports Medicine With Dr Jimi and Dr TundeWith NPFL getting ready to resume in December this episode examines how Sports Medicine is applied in the Nigeria football space - if at all. In the Podcast are Dr Jimi Osinaike and Dr Babatunde Akinbinu, both Sports Medicine doctors working in that sector in Nigeria. Their candid views and stories on what obtains in Nigeria and what can easily be done to improve the situation should be heard by all involved in Nigerian Sports.
2020-11-1352 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastMan United Fans and SolskjaerFollowing back to back defeats in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League, this Episode of the Podcast has Man United fans @Steizen, Yomi Okunowo, Bola Adegbonmire, Quindereddiva, Tuka Lekura and a few others give their views on what is wrong with the club. There were strong views and an almost universal agreement that there should be change of managers.
2020-11-061h 01#YourSportsMemo PodcastMan United Vs Arsenal SpecialMikel Arteta takes his Arsenal team to Old Trafford to take on the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Man United. This used to be a fierce rivalry in the middle years of the Premier League. These two managers used to play for these clubs and won silverware there. Arteta has led Arsenal to the FA Cup already. Gauntlet thrown down for Solskjaer.United and Arsenal fans recount two of their favourite memories from past encounters. In the London corner we have Blessing Fowowe, Rotimi Dada, Kunle Aderibigbe, Jessica Amadi while Ntokozo, Bola Adegbonmire and Yomi Okunowo hold the Red...
2020-10-3127 min
#YourSportsMemo Podcast"Was an honour to captain Super Falcons" - Evelyn NwabuokuNigeria Super Falcons 2014 AWCON winning skipper Evelyn Nwabuoku drops in on the Pod from her base in Spain. Nwabuoku talks about her career from the humble beginning in Festac, Lagos to the triumph in Nambia to the World Cup 2019 in France. Nwabuoku speaks on the disparity in how the Super Falcons and the Super Eagles are treated in terms of welfare by the Nigeria Football Federation. She also has he say on the CAF Women's Champions League plans
2020-10-2632 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastFans 2020/21 Premier League Season PreviewLiverpool fans Emeka Nwabudike and Wunmi Thomas expect the Reds to retain their Title. Arsenal Season Ticket Holder Kunle Aderibigbe expects a top 4 finish while Kay Suberu of Chelsea won't be surprised if Frank Lampard leads Chelsea to a 6th title... Will Jose Mourinho reprise his Porto years with Spurs? Femi Kumuyi demands him toThere are other fans remembering their favourite Premier League season in this Premier League season opener episode.
2020-09-111h 00#YourSportsMemo PodcastAfrica Women's Football Special with Tega and UsherTwo of the most powerful voices in African Sports media and business Tega Onojaife and Usher Komugisha dropped into the Pod to discuss the problems with Women's Football in Africa and proffer solutions too. Absolutely fascinating take on the Women's game in the continent. The Continent's football body, CAF and the Member Associations are being held accountable for the lack of movement and development of the women's game in the continent. These ladies offer their ideas on how there can be overdue improvements.
2020-08-2951 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastChelsea Fans SpecialIt was Frank Lampard's first season in charge of Chelsea football club. They finished in the Champions League places and lost in another FA Cup final to Arsenal. How do the Fans see that season? What do they want for the next season? This Chelsea Fans Special Podcast has the #CFC fans speaking.. These fans seem to have accepted that the club might be going down a different more sustaining route of club building.Chelsea fans in Nigeria and the UK, Ivan Dougan, Sylvia Ikeji, Oluseun Onigbinde, Latipha Adebayo Ohio (Phatill) and many more piled in here...
2020-08-211h 02
#YourSportsMemo PodcastThe Champions EpisodeAfter a 30 year wait, Liverpool are the best team in England once again. In this episode of the Podcast, LFC Fans from all over the world speak on this title win.Liverpool fans are a vintage bunch having seen so many heartbreaks within those 30 years of waiting for a league title. Jurgen Klopp and his mentality men put behind them the disappointment of making 97 points and one league defeat only to finish 2nd the previous season, to go one better to win it this season. Akin Dawodu in Nigeria, Sola Egunjobi in Canada, Kenneth Onyekwe in B...
2020-08-171h 02
#YourSportsMemo PodcastBlazing the trail in Tirana - Ndubuisi EgboHe started out as their goalkeepers coach, then assistant first team coach and then the head coach. He proceeds to coach his team FK Tirana to the Albanian league title. He is former Super Eagles keeper Ndubuisi Emmanuel Egbo. He tells us of his journey to being the first African to coach a European team to the title. Egbo talks about the place of player stats and match analyses in making selections, how playing at Onikan Stadium, Lagos Nigeria influenced him on his journey. He also has important signposts for any African who wants to coach in E...
2020-08-1429 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastManchester United Fans EpisodeManchester United in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's full season finished 3rd in the Premier League, lost 2 domestic cup semi-finals while also making the semi-finals of the Europa League. United fans from London, Malabo, Accra, Lagos, Asaba and many places join us in this #YourSportsMemo Man United fans special.Opened by @quinnydreddiva, contributions from Iyawo DWD Fernandes @_nseobong, Bola Adegbonmire and brought home by twitterNG DoF of Man United @Iam_wilsons
2020-08-1255 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastArsenal Fans End of Season SpecialThis special edition has fans of Arsenal Football Club talking about their FA Cup winning season, the transfer window they would really like and their expectations for the 2020/21 Season under Mikel Arteta. Dr Ekpen Omonbude, a season ticket holder at the Emirates, Emma Dele Nwachukwu, Deji Oseni and a few others were among the passionate contributors to this episode.
2020-08-0853 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastEnd of season fans special Part 1The consensus among Arsenal fans seems to be a desire to prise Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid in Spain. Chelsea fans want a replacement for keeper Kepa. In Spain, Barcelona fans want a new President while a Real Madrid fan would love the team to win FIVE LaLiga titles on the bounce. An eclectic gathering of Football fans on this special episode of #YourSportsMemo Podcast.
2020-08-0445 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastOdegbami and I were like cats and dogs - AnyafoNnamdi Anyafo joined Rangers International of Enugu as a teenager within three years he had won the Cup Winners Cup and played at the AFCON in 1978. His duel with Segun Odegbami of IICC Shooting Stars in the 1977 Cup Winners Cup semi-final made him famous. He resides in North Carolina, US. A quite revealing podcast as Anyafo tells how he was actually born in Lagos and spoke yoruba language rather fluently before he moved back east to Enugu. This was a time when Nigerian football was passionately followed across the country.
2020-07-1548 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastMichael Nsien: I would love to coach the Super Eagles at the World CupMichael Nsien is FC Tulsa Head Coach. Born in Oklahoma of Nigerian roots, Nsien holds all the UEFA Pro Coaching licenses and is seen by his peers in the US as a "trail blazer" for Black coaches in a sector with very few black coaches. "I am hoping that I am successful which will help get others like me to follow this path" Nsien says. Michael Nsien's ultimate desire is "the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be in the US and it would be great for me to coach the Nigeria team at that tournament". Get In!!
2020-07-1132 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastEfan Ekoku on being a Super Eagle, the Premier League and BroadcastingOn the 25th of September 1993 Efan Ekoku and the Nigeria Super Eagles were scoring 4 goals each thousands of miles apart. Within a few months Ekoku became a Super Eagle, winning an AFCON and being part of the US '94 World Cup Squad. He talks us through that period and his Premier League career as a player and now a Broadcaster. "People say players from 30, 40 years ago would not cut it now. I would ask if the players of now will be able to cut it in the era of Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer and co."
2020-07-0848 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastMy mum cried and blessed me - Franny Ordega. Part 2One of only two Nigerian women to have scored at all international tournaments, Francesca Ordega tells how she started, what has driven her in her career so far. She is also very clear in her appreciation of where she started from and those who have helped her along the way. What is not in doubt is how courageous, determined but very clear in her desire to be successful in her career. Her mother's doubts, her early coaches who thought she was too small did not deter her. Left home at 16 to go forge a career in Ebonyi state.
2020-06-1934 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastDislocated fingers and shoulder could not hold back Francesca Ordega. Pt. 1One of only two Nigerian women to have scored at all international tournaments, Francesca Ordega tells how she started, what has driven her in her career so far. She is also very clear in her appreciation of where she started from and those who have helped her along the way. What is not in doubt is how courageous, determined but very clear in her desire to be successful in her career. Her mother's doubts, her early coaches who thought she was too small did not deter her. Left home at 16 to go forge a career in Ebonyi state.
2020-06-1635 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastI was scared to face North Korea - Chiamaka NnadozieAfter Nigeria's opening group game defeat to hosts France, Chiamaka Nnadozie was put in goal for the next game. She kept her place for the rest of the tournament and went on to be one of Nigeria's best players at the Tournament. She shares her career story thus far, going back to how she even became a goalkeeper, how much she earned in her early career. The 20 year old Paris FC keeper has praises for her coaches and even the NFF for preparing her for where she is now.
2020-06-1234 min
#YourSportsMemo PodcastI was called 'Baruwa' - Rachael AyegbaGoing from a Police Barracks upbringing, through to playing for a host of clubsides in Nigeria without collecting salaries and then to a professional career in Europe, Rachel Ayegba has a story to tell that will encourage many young women.
2020-06-0351 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastBayelsa United fans prepared me for IstanbulAzubuike Okechukwu has been twice captain of Nigeria U23 football teams is in the POD to look at his career and football pre- and post-Covid19. He talks about the passion of Bayelsa United fans and how that helped him adapt and understand fans in Istanbul.
2020-05-1136 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastNPFL Special with Abu Azeez, Ibrahim Olawoyin et alAn NPFL Special episode in which the league's players speak to us about their challenges and triumphs and what they have been doing to stay fit during this Covid-19 Pandemic.
2020-04-0951 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastAFCON 80 Win and the Covid-19 virus effectA mixed bag of an episode. Callers talking about the Corona Virus' effect on sports and football; then a look back at when Nigeria won her first AFCON title in 1980
2020-03-2224 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"I enjoyed the saves from Gabriel Jesus and Marquinhos" - Francis UzohoFrancis Uzoho is in good voice as he talks about his Super Eagles matches, his injury in the friendly Vs Brazil and much more in the POD
2020-03-1619 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"We are going to Tokyo to make some noise" says Evelyn AkhatorEvelyn 'Double-Double Queen' Akhator is in the Pod with Calvin Emeka Onwuka looking over the last three years of amazing basketball with the Nigeria D'Tigresses. She also talks about how she has gotten where she is in her career. Plus, she shares her dreams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the D'Tigress
2020-03-0920 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"I dream of a Podium finish at Tokyo2020 Olympics" Queen Ezinne KaluThe Nigerian Basketball superstar Ezinne Kalu is in the pod to talk about winning back to back Afrobasket titles and look forward to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
2020-03-0228 min#YourSportsMemo Podcast"We will go to the Olympics to make history for Nigeria and the African Continent"Multiple AfroBasket winner Aisha Mohammed guests on #YourSportsMemo. She speaks on qualifying for the Olympics a second time and captaining Nigeria to the AfroBasket title back in 2017.
2020-02-2424 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastKlopp Earned His TimeIn this Premier League episode ACLSports columnist Sola Egunjobi, Rotimi Dada and Gentleman Samurai discuss their clubs fortune.
2020-02-0128 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastFrance 2019 Was My Best World CupIn this episode of YourSportsMemo Podcast, your host Calvin Emeka Onwuka chats with Super Falcons centre back and five time world cup player Onome Ebi. She shared her experience representing her country and especially at the last world cup. Onome stated that "France 2019 world cup was my best world cup ever" and much more..
2020-01-2432 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastLiverpool Fans SpecialIn this episode of #YourSportsMemo Podcast, Liverpool fans of decades Akin Dawodu and Sola Aiyepeku join us to discuss Liverpool's march to the 2019/20 premier league title and the spark Jurgen Klopp has brought to Anfield.
2020-01-1021 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastDecade Football Moments2010 to 2019 and many of those who join us on the Podcast pick the Super Eagles AFCON triumph of 2013, Wenger and Sir Alex retirements amongst their Memorable Football Moments of the Decade
2020-01-0126 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastNFPL Is BackIn this episode of #YourSportsMemo Podcast we speak to your veterans of covering the league Fisayo Dairo and Andrew Randa as the NPFL returns.
2019-11-0219 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastGood Ebening Ozil - Arsenal fans on the player/manager issueThree Arsenal fans Emma Dele, Amit Limbacia and Solace Chukwu join us to discuss the Mesut Ozil conundrum at The Emirates. Cracking. Emma Dele "I don't understand the world that tells me that Willock and co are better than Ozil"
2019-10-2624 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastWin or Bust for OGS at Carrow RoadIn this episode of #YourSportsMemo Podcast, Calvin Emeka Onwuka and Femi Kumuyi take a lighthearted look at Week 10 Premier League fixtures.
2019-10-2519 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastManchester United vs Liverpool SpecialIt is one of the biggest games in the European football calendar. We speak to Liverpool fans Wunmi Thomas-Coker in Essex, Kenneth Onyekwe in Barbados and United fan Dr Remi Adedokun in Belfast. We also have former Wolves number no1 Carl Ikeme on the club's new found form.
2019-10-1920 min#YourSportsMemo PodcastSuper Falcons FiascoAfrican Champions the Super Falcons of Nigeria will not be at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women's Football event. We speak with Sola Oyeniyi in Lagos and Kingsley Kobo in Abidjan following the Ivorians ouster of Nigeria. Bode Oguntuyi joins us with his views on a bad evening for Women's football in Nigeria.
2019-10-0812 min