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CAF best XI: Osimhen, Lookman in, Ekong missing
Olaolu Joseph Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its best eleven for the year 2024, with Nigeria having two players on the list. Strikers, Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman made the list, while Super Eagles’ skipper William Troost Ekong surprisingly missed the cut despite emerging the AFCON Most Valuable Player (MVP). Cameroun and Manchester United goalkpeer Andre Onana was…
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CAF Awards 2024: Falcons’ goalie Chiamaka Nnadozie retains Africa best goalkeeper award
Olaolu Joseph Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has again been adjudged the best woman goalkeeper in the continent. She won the goalkeeper of the Year award at the CAF Awards 2024 held in Morocco. She also won the award last year. Nnadozie beat her other rivals to cart home the prize for the second consecutive time.
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CAF Award 2024: Super Falcons win, Super Eagles lose in National Team category
It was a contrasting night for Nigeria in the CAF Team of the Year category as the country won the female version but lost the male version to Cote D’Iviore. At the 2024 CAF Award ceremony held in Marrakech, Morroco, Nigeria’s women national side, the Super Falcons won the Women’s National Team of the Year award after an impressive 2024.…
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WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup: Harmony Chidi scores hat-trick as Flamingos edge Cote D’Iviore 3-2
Scoring sensation Harmony Chidi notched a hat-trick as Nigeria edged Cote d’Ivoire 3-2 in their second match of the WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup in Accra on Monday. Chidi, who netted 13 of the 25 goals as the Flamingos crushed everything on their path in Africa to the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic this year,…
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NVBF president Nimrod hails president Tinubu on appointment of Zulu, Dikko, Olopade
President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Musa Nimrod, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his recent appointment of personalities to handle the administration of the country’s sports. Speaking during an interview with the press at the final phase of the 2024 Comptroller General of Customs Volleyball Premier League, Nimrod, specifically applauded the president on the appointment of…
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2024 CAF Awards: All eyes on Marrakech, Morocco as Ademola Lookman leads Nigeria’s quest for honours
Olaolu Joseph Tonight is decision day as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will decorate its finest performers for the year 2024 Popular Moroccan tourists’ Marrakech, will be the cynosure of all eyes as the best converge for the 2024 CAF Award ceremony. Expectedly, Nigeria will be hugely involved in the running for glory as the country’s ambassadors, who have…
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WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup: Cote D’Ivoire’s win over Niger Republic sends Nigeria into semi final
Olaolu Joseph Nigeria’s U-17 women side, the Flamingos have qualified for the semi final of the WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup, going on in Ghana. The Nigerian side booked a place in the last four with one group game to spare, thanks to Cote D’Ivoires’s five nil thrashing of Niger Republic. The Ivorian’s victory means that the Nigeriens have exited…
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2024 CAF Awards: Ademola Lookman, the man to beat
Olaolu Joseph All things being equal, Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman should be crowned the African Player of the Year at Monday evening’s 2024 CAF Awards at the Palais des Congrés in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. His three goals and two assists were pivotal to Nigeria reaching their eighth Africa Cup of Nations Final in Cote d’Ivoire in February, and his…
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NWF president happy with athletes’ performance at World Weightlifting Championship
Olaolu Joseph The President, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, Dr Ibrahim Abdul has lauded the Nigerian athletes to the 2024 World Weightlifting Championship in Manana, Bahrain, for their good ambassadorial display charging them to remain focused. Nigeria won two medals at the championship, a feat that wad applauded by the NWF boss. “We are proud of them and we believe they…
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