The biggest sporting event in the world, commensurate of the Olympics, is the FIFA World Cup. Then, you already knew that.

It will be open season for the next couple of weeks where Nigerians will flood the message boards and any available ears with recriminations over the failure of the National Under-17 (?) team to win the now concluded FIFA Under-17 World Cup at home.

Three very distinct entities and one national pastime. The ever-present almighty God spiritual creator and leader of existence.; Football, a global sport whose appeal is watching twenty-two grown men and these days women, chase a leather object across a large expanse of prime land; and The gods of football, a mish-mash group of skilled South American pretty boys and sometimes girlish men in yellow/gold and sweet blue.

Nigerians are looking forward to the FIFA World Cup. Everywhere you go the discussions are full of a global football championships that will bring excitement and moments of relief from the state of the country.