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Mane Defeats Sallah & Mendy To Clinch Africa Best Award

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The Senegal forward; Sadio Mane has won the 2022 African Player of the Year prize ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, claiming the prestigious award at a glitzy ceremony in Rabat on Thursday.



This is the second African Player of the Year title to become the fifth African after El Hadji Diouf, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, and Salah to win the award back-to-back.

Having been recognised as the best player on the continent, he is now two triumphs short of Eto’o and Toure – who won the prize a record four times.


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Sallah Infuriates Some Muslims Fan; Celebrated Christmas Again

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For the third consecutive times, the Egyptian football player and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah yesterday posted photos with his family celebrating Christmas despite the criticism the was levelled against him in the last two editions.Salah posted a photo on his social media account, with his wife, daughter, Makkah and their younger daughter Kayan.The photo has sparked mixed reactions from his Muslim fans on Twitter.See some reactions below;There is no power but from...
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Ronaldo, Modric & Sallah Battle For Fifa Best Player Today

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The world's best male and female footballers will be named at the Best Fifa Football Awards in London on Monday.Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah are the finalists for the men's player award for 2018 - with no place for Lionel Messi. Ada Hegerberg, Dzsenifer Marozsan and Marta are the nominees for the women's player award.Gareth Bale is one of 10 candidates for the Fifa Puskas goal of the year. The other awards are for the Best Fifa goalkeeper...
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US OPEN: OSAKA BEATS SERENA WILLIAMS TO CLINCH THE TROPHY

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Naomi Osaka becomes the first Japanese to win a Grand slam after defeating the highly idol Serena Williams by 6-2,6-4 at the final of the US Open.Though, the match was controversial because  Serena Williams was penalized a game for calling the chair umpire a thief during an extended argument as the US Open women's final descended into chaos, with Williams' fans booing and play delayed before Naomi Osaka  wrapped up a 6-2, 6-4 victory for her first Grand Slam tit...
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