Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 CAF African Player of the Year. The 27-year-old Atalanta forward becomes the seventh Nigerian player to win this prestigious award, succeeding his compatriot Victor Osimhen. Lookman’s incredible year included 22 goals, notably a hat trick in the Europa League final that secured Atalanta’s first-ever continental title. He also…
France Football has announced the full list of nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, with the award honoring Europe’s top female and male players over the past year. Super Falcons and FC Barcelona forward player, Asisat Oshoala has been nominated for the Women’s Ballon d’Or Award for Player of the Year. She was nominated with 19 other…
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala, as she was, for a record time, crowned as Africa’s Women Player of the Year at the 2022 CAF Awards. The ceremony, held in Rabat Morocco, speaking at the gala, Oshoala who sustained a knee injury earlier this month dedicated the award to Nigeria’s Super Falcons, saying they have “showed…
The Democracy Day gift has arrived from Super Falcons all the way from France. The Super Falcons defeated South Korea 2 – o in the second Group A game. A 29th minute own goal by Kim Do-Yeon, gave the Super Falcons first-half advantage, with Asisat Oshoala sealing the win with an excellent second.
Super Falcon Asisat Oshoala was named Women’s Footballer of the Year Asisat in Ghana’s capital city Accra on last night. Oshoala previously won the award in 2014 and 2016. She beat Cameroonian Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestina Kgatlana of South Africa to the top prize. The 2015 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year moved to…
