Maradona ...My Father's Hero
The year was 1990, our television was black & white, the newspapers were black & white, then how do I know Cameron was wearing green & red and Argentina was wearing blue & white ? My first memory of watching a football match live on TV was the opening match of 1990 World Cup between underdog Cameroon and defending champion Argentina. We remember waiting for our uncle to finish watching his favourite 8.30pm news bulletin on DD. Permission to bring his TV to our bed room was already granted in the morning. Before our uncle and aunty went to sleep, we brought the TV to our room. My elder sister carried the portable TV carefully and I followed her holding the miniature flexible antenna attached to the set. We placed it carefully on my study table, keeping aside all my books below. We were part of a huge joint family and my father’s eldest brother ( Moina Borta) used to have a television in his room. The only w...