Mo Farah & Kweku Adoboli : A Tale Of Two Britons of African Descent

A Tale Of Two Britons of African Descent By Ahmed Sule, CFA suleaos@gmail.com Introduction Once upon a time, over twenty-eight years ago, somewhere in Mogadishu, Somalia, a woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The child was given the name Mohammed. Three years earlier, in 1980, somewhere in Ghana, another woman gave birth to [...]

What THEY Said About Serena

Wimbledon has much to teach a Britain : A Rejoinder

This letter is a rejoinder to Sir Max Hastings article published in the Daily Mail titled : Wimbledon has much to teach a Britain that, in all walks of life, has an insidious obsession with exalting losers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2009297/Wimbledon-teach-Britain-obsession-exalting-losers.html =========================== Dear Sir Max Hastings, Wimbledon has much to teach a Britain that, in all walks of [...]

Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Wimbledon and the Justice of Roosting Chickens

Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Wimbledon and the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections On the Crowds Attitude Towards Serena Williams at Centre Court by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA suleaos@gmail.com A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article titled  “Cheryl Cole and the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections On England’s Attitude Towards Accents”. In that paper<<http://www.obv.org.uk/news-blogs/cheryl-cole-and-justice-roosting-chickens>>, [...]

Life is unfair

By Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA Why, why and why did FIFA fail to award the 2018 World Cup hosting rights to England despite England’s submission of the best technical bid, delivery of the best presentation and development of a stronger evaluation report than Russia? Why, why and why did England manage to secure only two [...]

Book Review: Come To Win

Come To Win Author  Venus Williams Reviewed by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA HarperCollins Publishers Hardcover: 357 pages The game of tennis has produced its fair share of worthy champions in both the men and ladies circuit. A number of these champions such as Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Rod Laver, Serena Williams, Boris Becker, Martina Navratilova [...]

In Order To Save English Football We Need To Learn From Richard, Venus and Serena Williams

An Open Letter To The Board of The Football Association by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA Dear Sirs, 27 June 2010: FULL TIME: Germany 4-1 England – South Africa. “England’s World Cup is over. Slowly, blinking, we get back to our lives. Whatever you use to block out the pain and disappointment, just know that it [...]

The Determination of a Black Princess

Review by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA On the Line (Queen of the Court-UK Edition) By Serena Williams with Daniel Paisner Grand Central Publishing Hardcover: 272 pages Determination, determination and determination. These three words come off each and every page of Serena Williams’ autobiography entitled ‘On the line’, which was released in September 2009 during the [...]

Myths and Facts Regarding Venus and Serena Williams

By Ahmed Sule Ever since Venus and Serena turned professional in 1994 and 1995 respectively, they have set the tennis world alight. Between them they have won a total of fifteen Grand Slam ladies single titles and seven Grand Slam women doubles titles in addition to several other titles including two gold medals at the [...]

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