Aitana Bonmati was named women's player of the year for the second year in a row at the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Barcelona Femeni star was the recipient from last year when she helped Spain to an historic maiden FIFA Women's World Cup title in Australia and New Zealand. Bonmati was instrumental in Barca winning the quadruple of...
The Super Falcons head into the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand as one of the ever-present teams and will rely heavily on the form of their star forward, Asisat Oshoala. The Barcelona talisman has been in impeccable form all season, with 26 goals and six assists in 37 games, winning a treble with the Catalans, including the league title and the...
When one thinks of the word ‘invincible’ in football, the popular name that comes to mind is Arsenal. The Gunners went through the entire 2003-04 Premier League season unbeaten, going on to win the league 11 points clear of London rivals Chelsea. Since, then, only Juventus during the 2011-12 Serie A season have been able to go an entire league season unbeaten. The likes of FC...
Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala got a goal and an assist as Barcelona Femeni thumped Roma 5-1 to advance into the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals. The 28-year-old striker had an inviting cross ricochet off her for Swedish striker, Fridolina Rolfo to grab the first goal of her brace in the opening 45 minutes. She then had a chance to get a goal from a fast...
Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala extended her remarkable goalscoring record with a hat-trick in Barcelona's 6-0 rout of UDG Tenerife on Sunday. The 28-year-old made it two hat-tricks in two league games after netting three times in the Catalan Queens' 7-0 demolition of FC Levante Las Planas last Wednesday. The 2022 African Women's Player of the Year got the nod to lead Barca's attack for the...
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