Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said on Monday that Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel deserved to be named Africa’s best player of 2013. Mikel is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) award with Ivorian stars Yaya Toure, of Manchester…
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Lionel Messi has once again taken the top spot in the Guardian’s ranking of the world’s top 100 footballers, beating Cristiano Ronaldo for the second year in a row. See the full list and how it breaks down by nationality, club and league
Barcelona are “not afraid” of facing Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 next month, the Spanish giants’ emblematic midfielder Andres Iniesta said in an interview published Saturday. Last week Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure said Barcelona…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)…
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny toured World War I sites in Belgium on Thursday, deepening ties in remembrance of Irish soldiers who fought alongside Britons at the height of the Dublin insurrection. The visit…
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has expressed satisfaction with the Agency’s road maintenance and…
The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has assured Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the shortlists for the 2013 African Player of the Year and the…
Demba Ba was on the scoresheet for Chelsea against Southampton at the weekend, coming on for Michael Essien who struggled…
Villarreal’s Nigerian forward Ikechukwu Uche, Torino’s Moroccan midfielder Omar El Kaddouri and Cameroonian striker Vincent Aboubakar of Lorient were the…