Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, Mr Kalilou Traore, has revealed that the 2024 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, will usher an opportunity for his country to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria as partners in progress. Traore made this statement during an interview with newsmen today Sunday in Abuja, as the country’s preparation to host the AFCON tournament from Jan. 14 to Feb. 13, 2024 in underway.
Javier Tebas has been re-elected for a fourth term as the President of the Spanish La Liga after running unopposed. Tebas, 61, had resigned in November in order to seek a fourth term and was the only candidate. He assumed the Presidency of La Liga for the first time in April 2013 and was re-elected in 2016 and 2019.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Gregory Obi, has congratulated Nigerian football stars Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala for emerging CAF’s Men and Women Footballer of the Year, respectively, yesterday night in Morocco where the award was presented.. The talented Osimhen triumphed over Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah to win the coveted trophy during the CAF 2023 Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday night.
Former Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovich has rejoined AC Milan as an advisor to the club.This was revealed in a statement issued by the owners of the serie A outfit, RedBird Capital on Monday.
The Nigerian Striker, Asisat Oshoala have made the final shortlist for the annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) women’s player of the year awards. This was revealed in a statement released by CAF on its official X handle on Thursday.
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has been crowned the Italian Footballer’s Association (AIC) footballer of the year for his outstanding performance with the Neapolitans last season. The AIC awards, which began in 1968 include several notables’ accolades which comprises the team of the year, coach of the year, club of the year, and goal of the season among others.
