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In times past, Nigeria was a country known for having some of the best goalkeepers on the continent and globally as well.

Nigerians are famed for their sports achievements, football, in particular. The world has seen thousands of extremely talented footballers of Nigerian descent

Peter Rufai: GOAL celebrate Nigeria's greatest goalkeepers.

Thunder Teslim Balogun (1927-1972) and the Beautiful Game, By Femi Kehinde At the age of 18 years, Teslim entered a big football competition in 1945. In the 1949 football tour of the United Kingdom, the English soccer writers did not fail to see the qualities and soccer wizardry of Teslim Balogun. The Daily Graphics’ sports editor, Edgar Kail, remarked about him thus: “their 22 year old six foot three bow legged, giant centre forward, is a real artist and strange as it may seem in modern f...

Views: Visits 5 By Hon (Barr) Femi Kehinde In this season of an omie and atrophy, it is better to remember with fondest and affectionate memory those people who had made us happy, and had impacted into our lives and essence, through their God given talents. Tesilimi Olawale Ayinde Balogun was one. He lived a 45 years that was laced and filled with soccer. After all, the Nigerian firmament is replete with stories of unsung heroes in commerce, politics, law, enterprise, edu...

Translate Teslim ‘Thunder’ Balogun: What Nigerians never knew about him, exploits home and abroad On By Hon (Barr) Femi Kehinde In this season of an omie and atrophy, it is better to remember with fondest and affectionate memory those people who had made us happy, and had impacted into our lives and essence, through their God given talents. Tesilimi Olawale Ayinde Balogun was one. He lived a 45 years that was laced and filled with soccer. After all, the Nigerian firmame...