Nigeria’s Super Eagles will end the year as the 44th-best team in the world and fifth in Africa, according to the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday, Afrosport reports. The three-time African champions plummeted in the rankings released in November, dropping eight spots in the world and one in Africa following a draw against Benin Republic and defeat to Rwanda in the final two matches in...
Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman has admitted that winning the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year is "something incredible", Afrosport reports. Lookman was honoured in the grand ceremony at Marrakech Morocco on Monday. The 27-year-old's season was summarised after his iconic performance that saw him net a hattrick when Atalanta thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in last season's Europa final in May at the Aviva Stadium Dublin,...
Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman won the Men’s Player of the Year award at the 2024 CAF Awards at the Palais des Congres in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday. Lookman saw off competition from the quartet of Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea), and Ronwen Williams (South Africa) to become the seventh Nigerian to claim the honours. The 27-year-old followed in the footsteps of...
At a time when the political and economic landscape of Nigeria looks gloomy, it seems there is very little to celebrate. Indeed, British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch's recent comments about her past experience growing up in the country has done very little to project Africa’s most populous country in positive light, much to displeasure of many passionate citizens. There was however that air of positivity...
Ademola Lookman on Monday ensured the title of Africa’s best men’s player remained in Nigeria as he was named Player of the Year at the 2024 CAF Awards held at the prestigious Palais des Congres in Marrakech, Morocco. Lookman, who has been in red-hot form for both club and country, beat four other top African football stars to the honour, including Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Ivorian Simon...
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