Senegal

Leicester City release Ghana’s Amartey & Senegal’s Mendy

Leicester City release Ghana’s Amartey & Senegal’s Mendy

Leicester City have confirmed the departure of Ghana defender Daniel Amartey and Senegal midfielder Nampalys Mendy upon the expiration of their contracts. The African duo are among the seven first-team players that will be leaving the King Power Stadium after their relegation from the Premier League. The others are Youri Tielemans, Tete, Caglar Soyuncu, Ryan Bertrand and Ayoze Perez. Amartey joined the Foxes from FC Copenhagen...

Sevilla vs Roma: Five Africans gunning for UEFA Europa League title

Sevilla vs Roma: Five Africans gunning for UEFA Europa League title

Five African players are aiming for European glory on Wednesday night when Sevilla tackle AS Roma in the UEFA Europa League final in Budapest. Sevilla have Morocco duo of Yassine Bounou and Youssef En-Nesyri, and Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye in their books while Guinea's Mady Camara and Gambia forward Ebrima Darboe are in Roma squad.   Yassine Bounou (Morocco) The 32-year-old has played in each of...

U20 World Cup: Highlighting Senegal’s failure after dominating Africa

U20 World Cup: Highlighting Senegal’s failure after dominating Africa

After winning the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt in March, Senegal struggled to replicate their impressive team effort at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as they exit the tournament in the group stage. The Young Teranga Lions are the first and only African nation to be eliminated in the first round with the Gambia, Nigeria and Tunisia through to the round of...

U17 AFCON: Diouf leads Senegal stars in CAF Team of the Tournament

U17 AFCON: Diouf leads Senegal stars in CAF Team of the Tournament

Senegal players Serigne Diouf, Amara Diouf, Serigne Diouf and Abdou Aziz Fall have been named in CAF's Team of the Tournament for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Yahaya Lawali is the only Nigeria player in the 11-man selection after his solid defensive performances for the Golden Eaglets that earned him two Man-of-the-Match awards while Burkina Faso defender Lacina Traore got the nod for the left-back...

Osimhen & Lookman headline Africans in Serie A’s Team of the Season

Osimhen & Lookman headline Africans in Serie A’s Team of the Season

Nigeria's top goalscorers in the Serie A, Napoli's Victor Osimhen and Atalanta's Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2022-23 Serie A Team of the Season. Osimhen joins other stars in the selection as a result of his blistering form that helped him score 23 goals in 29 league goals and his return helped Napoli clinch their first top-flight crown since 1990. Lookman, on his part,...