Category: Sport

25-year-old Riyad Mahrez, Algerian international’s dynamic performances in Leicester’s remarkable Premier League title win last season garnered him the prestigious BBC African player of the year award on Monday. The France-born forward — who earlier this year became the first African to win the Professional Footballers Association Player of the Year award on the back of his 17 goals and 11 assists for Leicester — beat fellow nominees Yaya Toure, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Andre Ayew. The winner was chosen by fans from across the world. “It means a…

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal and Real Madrid forward has won the Ballon D’Or for a fourth time. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have made the Ballon d’Or their own personal tug of war and on Monday the title for the world’s best player swung back the Portuguese’s way. A hoarder of personal records and awards, it is Ronaldo’s reward for being on the winning side in the Champions League with Real Madrid and captaining Portugal to a first international trophy at Euro 2016. Messi was second best as a league and…

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Solomon Dalung, Minister of Sports and Youth Development on Thursday said that government has not been able to pay the allowances of the Super Falcons because their victory in Cameroon was not expected. Recall that the team on Saturday won the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations but had not been paid their allowances. Speaking to State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja, Dalong said that there was no money readily available to pay them. He however said that efforts were…

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Nigeria Super Falcons, Africa Women Cup of Nations champions, are fighting another battle to get their entitlements from the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF as they refused to vacate their hotels yesterday. Despite pleas from NFF secretary-general, Sanusi Mohammed the women who against all odds beat Cameroon to lift the AWCON title for the eight time insisted on collecting their allowances. This was after NFF president Amaju Pinnick rather than sweet talk the team players ordered them to leave saying that the NFF has no money to pay up. The players were…

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The Court of Arbitration for Sports on Monday rejected the appeal of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter against a six year ban signalling the end of his efforts to clear his name. The 80-year-old former football powerbroker was ousted over a two million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euro) payment to UEFA boss Michel Platini which the Court of Arbitration for Sport called an “undue gift” that could not be justified. Blatter called the verdict “incomprehensible” but also acknowledged that he has come to the end of the road in…

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Former Red Devils (now Super Eagles) striker Dejo Fayemi has passed on. He died at his  Ibadan residence on Friday  aged 83. Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Abayomi Oke, described the  deceased as a committed sportsman, whose contribution to the development of football in Nigeria would  be remembered. Fayemi, who scored on his debut when Nigeria beat Ghana for the first time, was among the first set of Nigerian footballers who travelled to England in 1961 to play professional football. In 1961, he scored as Nigeria beat their hosts…

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Chelsea football club remains atop the premier league by defeating Man City by 3goals to 1. Goals from Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard were enough to neutalise the attacking threat of Manchester City on Saturday, cancelling out Gary Cahill’s spectacular own goal in the first half. Cahill had in a bid to intercept a Jesus Navas’s cross acrobatically volleyed into his own net on the stroke of half-time. Chelsea’s Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City…

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A representative of the Bolivian airline was quoted to have said that ‘the plane that crashed in Colombia killing 71 people including Brazilian footballers had skipped a scheduled refueling stop’. “The plane should have refueled in Bogota,” but instead bypassed the Colombian capital and headed straight for its destination Medellin, Gustavo Vargas, a representative of airline LAMIA, was quoted as saying in Bolivian newspaper Pagina Siete. “The pilot was the one who took the decision not to enter (into Bogota for refueling), because he thought the fuel would last.” Colombian…

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Carl Ikeme, Nigeria goalkeeper has recovered from a hip injury which kept him out of a World Cup qualifier against Algeria. Wolves lost 2-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday with Ikeme an unused substitute, while compatriot Dominic Iorfa played the entire game. Wolves are now flirting with relegation under new manager Paul Lambert. They are 21st  on the 24-team table with 18 points from as many matches. Share on: WhatsApp

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Jose Mourinho, Manchester United manager was sent to the stands for angrily kicking a water bottle during his side’s Premier League home game with West Ham United on Sunday. With the score 1-1, Mourinho took his displeasure out on a plastic bottle standing beside his technical area after Paul Pogba was booked for diving by referee Jonathan Moss. It is the second time Mourinho has been sent to the stands during a game this season, following his dismissal at half-time of United’s recent 0-0 draw at home to Burnley. The…

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