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Mbappe makes Ballon d’Or claim

Mbappe makes Ballon d’Or claim

Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe believes he deserves to win the 2023 Ballon d'Or award. The 24-year-old Frenchman was in top form during the 2022-23 season, scoring 29 goals in 34 appearances to finish as the Ligue 1 top scorer and player of the season. He scored a total of 41 goals in 43 games in all club competitions. Mbappe also scored eight goals during the...

UCL: Adeyemi’s superb strike against Chelsea among goals of the season

UCL: Adeyemi’s superb strike against Chelsea among goals of the season

Karim Adeyemi’s solo goal against Chelsea in the first leg of their round of 16 tie has been selected as one of the top ten goals of the 2022–23 Champions League season by UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel. The 21-year-old German international of Nigerian descent showed his lightening pace by running the full length of Signal Iduna Park, leaving Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez dead for pace before rounding...

U17 AFCON: Lawali, Diouf & best players of the group stage

U17 AFCON: Mali’s Doumbia hopes to follow footsteps of bigger African stars

Mamadou Doumbia, Mali's leading marksman at the ongoing U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria, has revealed he is relishing the opportunity of playing on the biggest continental stage and hopes the tournament can provide the desired opportunity for him and his teammates to make their big break into world football. The 17-year-old is Les Aigles leading scorer at the tournament with a Man-of-the-Match award and...

Barcelona reveals plans for Messi return

Barcelona reveals plans for Messi return

Vice president of Barcelona Rafael Yuste said on Friday during a press conference that the club have begun talks for a possible return for World Cup winner Lionel Messi. Yuste revealed that the Catalan giants and Messi’s father, who is also his representative, have held preliminary discussions for a possible return of the Argentinian forward to the club where he spent most of his career. “I...

Kane reveals goals target for England

Kane reveals goals target for England

Harry Kane believes scoring 100 goals for the England national team is possible after he recently became the Three Lions' all-time top scorer. The 29-year-old netted from the penalty spot as England claimed a 2-1 win over Euro 2020 champions Italy in Naples during the Euro 2024 qualifiers last Thursday to move above Wayne Rooney on the all-time scorers list with 54 goals. Kane took the...