Football

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have sent a congratulatory message to former FIFA, European and African Footballer of the Year George Weah for emerging President of Liberia, Even when results of Tuesday’s election have not been announced.

Though the official announcement has not been made by the Liberian Electoral Commission, reports from not-so-credible outlets have claimed that the former Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Chelsea striker swept 13 out of the 15 counties with his 73-year-old opponent Joseph Boakai getting just two counties.

Harry Kane's brace against Southampton on Boxing Day saw the Tottenham Hotspur forward overtake Lionel Messi of Barcelona as the top scorer across the calendar year. His double on Tuesday took his tally for the year to 55, one more than the Barcelona icon, with the trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Robert Lewandowski all finishing the year on 53 goals.

Nigeria forward Henry Onyekuru will undergo tests on his knee this weekend after getting injured in Anderlecht’s 1-0 win over his former club Eupen in a Belgian First Division A fixture on Friday night.

Onyekuru, 20, was on from the start for his 19th league game of the season but he was stretchered off in the 78th minute and replaced with Ivan Obradovic.

A reporter with Belgian outlet HNL, Kristof Terreur, tweeted on Saturday morning that Super Eagles star Onyekuru overstretched his knee during the match and had to be taken off on a stretcher.

A jury in New York, United States of America has found two South American ex-FIFA chiefs guilty of corruption.

They are Jose Maria Marin, former head of Brazil’s Football Confederation, and Juan Angel Napout, former head of Paraguayan football.

And promptly, the once-powerful pair were remanded in custody.

The panel will return after Christmas to deliberate on the fate of a third defendant, former Peru boss Manuel Burga.

Paul Clement And Swansea City have parted company after a difficult first half of the season which has left them bottom of the Premier League. Swansea appointed Clement in January with the club in the relegation zone after the sacking of Bob Bradley and he won the Premier League Manager of the Month award at the first time of asking.

American coach Randy Waldrum has turned down the offer to coach the country's senior women's national team from the Nigeria Football Federation. The NFF had named the former Trinidad and Tobago gaffer as the technical adviser for the Super Falcons in October after his application for the job, and subsequent recommendation by the NFF technical committee, though subject to further negotiations.