Football awards
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Ahead of Monday’s awards ceremony to honour the year’s outstanding achievements in the African game and to crown Ademola Lookman as Africa’s Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football had appeared to float the prospect that the Nigerian might miss out on a prize that appeared – from a distance — to be destined for…
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When Victor Osimhen finished eighth in the #BallonDor rankings on Monday night, it marked yet another milestone in Africa’s relatively short involvement with the awards. Eighth may have made him top dog in Nigeria’s Ballon d’Or history, beating Nwankwo Kanu’s 11th place of 1996, but in African terms, others have been better. Since its 1956…
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Victor Wanyama has won the Carling Goal of the Month award for February 2018 following his fierce shot from outside the box, which earned Tottenham Hotspur a 2-2 draw against Liverpool. In the match played on 4 February, Wanyama struck a bouncing ball from a nearly-impossible distance and had it curl up inside the Reds’ net. Harry…
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Winners of the MARCA Awards 2016/17 Winners of the MARCA Awards 2016/17 Image source: RAFA CASAL (MARCA) Lionel Messi won the Pichichi and Di Stefano awards after scoring 37 goals in 34 games last season RAFA CASAL (MARCA) Jan Oblak won the Zamora trophy for conceding 21 goals in 29 games and keeping a clean sheet…
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