Football

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.

18-year-old Kano Pillars’ winger, Yusuf Abdullahi's five goals were enough for  Kano Pillars to see out the threat of Gombe united in a 7-goal thriller.  Pillars who was playing away defeated the home team 5-2 to secure maximum points and move to 7th on the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) table while Gombe United dropped to 16th. The Match Day 11 fixture of the NPFL 2023/2024 season, was played on Sunday, 3rd of December 2023, at Pantami Township Stadium, Gombe.

Germany has lifted the Under-17 FIFA World Cup for the first time after a thrilling penalty shootout victory against France at the Stadion Manahan in Indonesia on Saturday.