Atlanta forward Ademola Lookman has admitted that joining the Super Eagles was the "big turning point of his career", Afrosport reports. Lookman featured for England at U-19 U-20 and U-21 but was out to favour to be called up by the Three Lions as their left wing was stacked with names like Raheem Sterling, Jason Sancho and Marcus Rashford. The 27-year-old had to switch allegiance to...
Ademola Lookman says he is not interested in having a leap in next year's Ballon d'Or after helping Atalanta to a 3-0 win over Serie A leaders Napoli on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The Nigerian forward placed 14th in last Monday's ranking for the men's player award which received a lot of praise. He topped it up by netting a first half brace against the Partenopei and have...
The stage was set for the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony which took place in Paris on Monday evening more than a month after the 30-man final shortlist was revealed on September 4. The list had a host of big names for the men's player award such as Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Rodri, Lautaro Martinez, Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal, Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Cole Palmer...
France Football magazine editor-in-chief Vincent Garcia has explained why Vinicius Junior did not win the men’s player award at the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Real Madrid star was believed to be the winner of the award but Los Blancos boycotted the ceremony after it emerged before the ceremony it was going to be handed over to Manchester City...
Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane has claimed the Gerd Muller Trophy as the best striker at the 2024 Ballon d'Or award ceremony in Paris on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Englishman was a class apart for the Bavarian giants last season where he scored 44 goals in 45 competitive appearances to finish as the Europe's highest goalscorer, 36 of which came in 32 Bundesliga games. He...
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