Sports & This'n'That

  For the last decade and a half, we have been treated to some unforgettably magical and enthralling showings by two of the present football age’s biggest rivals: the prolific Portuguese maestro Cristiano Ronaldo and his Argentinean nemesis the extraordinarily skillful Lionel Messi.   Now both in the sunset of their remarkable football careers, it appears that the utterly devoted football fans of Ronaldo and Messi will soon witness both all-time football greats handing over the baton to the next, hugely talented generation.   This was made especially clear recently when Ronaldo announced the monumental news that next year’s Football World Cup will be his last.   In addition, the Portuguese superstar also announced that he will hang up his boots in one or two years’ time.   Unquestionably, this must indeed come as saddening news for the tons of fans of the deadly forward nicknamed ‘CR 7’.   Like him or loathe him, the gifted Portuguese’s ...

  It is the worst-kept secret in global sports that few numbers of Africans on the continent know the sport of baseball inside out.   In spite of that fact, though, it cannot be denied that the American baseball world series finals between the L.A Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays that wrapped up last weekend was still an engrossing and nail-biting thriller.   Before we proceed further, let me state clearly that the title-deciding baseball world series finals are always a Best of Seven Games Series, which near-constantly serve up unexpected twists and turns.   And, this series was such a scintillating and nerve-shredding watch for many reasons, one of them being the fact that the series went down to the wire before an undisputed victor could emerge.   Distressingly for Canadian baseball fans, it was the Dodgers who came out on top in a triumph for the ages.   Clearly, although the outcome of the series was heartbreaking for Toronto baseball ...