Mohammed Salah, Liverpool and Egyptian striker, rejected a move to Real Madrid in order to remain at the Anfield club, says the player’s former national team trainer. Hany Ramzy, who at the time of the event was part of the coaching staff helping the Egyptian national team towards the 2018 World Cup, disclosed this to OnTime Sports. The incident, Ramzy said, happened during [...]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released its final contenders for the 28th edition of its annual football awards, with Victor Osimhen, Samuel Chukwueze, and Asisat Oshoala as the representatives for Nigeria. While Odion Ighalo, former Super Eagles forward, who was the highest goal scorer during the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers and tournament, failed to make the final cut, Liverpool's duo [...]
Lionel Messi has been awarded the 2019 Ballon d’Or as Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed this year's edition of the awards. The Barcelona star won the award for a record sixth occasion, after previously lifting the prestigious individual trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. He saw off strong competition from the likes of Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk and the Juventus star, who was one of the [...]
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The nominees for the Best FIFA men's player of the year award were unveiled on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were again nominated for the award. The shortlist also includes Tottenham's Harry Kane, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea's Eden Hazard. Brazil's Neymar, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric and Raphael Varane make up the remainder of the [...]
Mohamed Salah has won the 2018 Football Writers' Association (FWA) player of the year award. The 25-year-old Liverpool star beat Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne to win the award. He polled more than 90 percent of the FWA member votes. Salah is the first African winner of the prize and only the second non-European player to win after former Liverpool striker Luis [...]
Nigerian wingback Victor Moses failed to make the top three nominees of the 2017 CAF footballer of the year award. The three finalists — Egypt's Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon — were unveiled on Monday in Accra, Ghana. Super Falcons striker Oshoala, Chrestina Kgatlana of South Africa and Gabriela Ongueni of Cameroon were announced as the final three nominees for the [...]
Liverpool FC forward, Mohammed Salah, has won the 2017 BBC African footballer of the year award. Salah, who was nominated for the first time, beat fellow Liverpool colleague Sadio Mane to win the award. The Egyptian joined Liverpool from Roma in June. His impressive start earned him the player of the month award in August and September. Salah's superb start in England was [...]
Super Eagles duo of Victor Moses and Leon Balogun have been named in the best 11 of Confederation of African Football (CAF) of the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The continental body made the announcement on their Twitter handle on Thursday. The best CAF XI is in a 4-4-2 formation with Balogun as one of the center-backs and Moses as the right [...]
Egypt, the seven time African Cup of Nations winners are on track for another record win. An eight title beckons but it will be fool hardy to underrate Burkina Faso, who showed what they are capable of with the quarter final win over Tunisia. Burkina Faso pumped above its weight to get to this stage after it looked like Cameroon will annihilate [...]
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