Ajax left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko has been ruled out for the rest of the season after picking up a knee injury that will require surgery, Afrosport reports. The 29-year-old Ukrainian, who joined from Ajax on a short term deal, suffered the injury in the third minute of Saturday's 4-1 Eredivisie win over Fortuna Sittard after he was fouled by Dimitris Limnios. The injury also implies that Zinchenko...
George Ilenikhena has set a new record in the UEFA Champions League by becoming the youngest African player to make 15 appearances in the competition, Afrosport reports. He set the record in AS Monaco's heavy 6-1 defeat to Spanish giants Real Madrid on Thursday at 19 years and 157 years. Kanu set the previous at 19 years and 260 years when he featured for Ajax Amsterdam...
Chuba Akpom has returned to the EFL Championship after completing a loan move from Eredivisie giants Ajax to Ipswich Town, Afrosport reports. The 29-year-old English forward of Nigerian heritage will spend the 2025-26 season at Portman Road with an obligation to buy him if the Tractor Boys win promotion back to the Premier League. He was previously on the books of Middlesbrough between 2020 and 2023,...
Chuba Akpom ran the show for Ajax on Thursday as the Nigerian forward scored a hat-trick in their 4-1 comeback win over Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off encounter. The 28-year-old, who joined Ajax last summer, opened his account for the season with a strike in the 9th minute after Adrian Dieguez had put the home side in...
The second leg of the UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League knockout playoff takes centre stage tonight with 15 teams vieing for a place in the round of 16. These fixtures are incomplete without African players and Afrosport takes a look eight players across the two competitions to keep an eye on. Europa League Amine Gouri (Algeria & Rennes) vs AC Milan Gouri has been...
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