Satish Sekar

March 5, 2021

A Bane of Football (Part Two) – Acquiescing with Political Interference

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) insists that governments are not permitted to interfere in football affairs, especially with FAs. But history tells a very different story. Many, many years ago FIFA failed its first test miserably.
March 5, 2021

A Bane of African Football (Part One) – The Stick

A worrying trend has emerged in African football and despite the name, it is far from normal. Presidents of African Football Associations are not being allowed to complete their terms in office. Instead, they are being removed from office and replaced with appointed Normalisation Committees.
February 25, 2021

The Good, The Bad and the Extremely Ugly

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (August 1st 2020) International Solidarity Foreign coaches who cannot find work in their own countries seem to have no trouble […]
February 25, 2021

Nigeria’s Trailblazers

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (May 24th 2020) The Foundations In a ‘results’ based industry, the question of what is a result needs to be […]