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Super Eagles Forward Ademola Lookman Wins Best African International Footballer Award Ademola Lookman, the dynamic forward for the Super Eagles, has been named the ‘Best African International Footballer’ at the Ghana Football Awards. This recognition comes after his outstanding performances for Nigeria at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 …

Orange thanks Weghorst after victory: ‘He takes us with him in his possession’ He was serenaded by the crowd, received a standing ovation from his teammates and compliments from national coach Ronald Koeman. The Orange is grateful to Wout Weghorst for his winning goal on Sunday in the European Championship …

Netherlands beat Iceland 2-0 in their final warm-up match ahead of the upcoming European Championship courtesy of goals from Xavi Simons, Virgil van Dijk, Donyell Malen and Wout Weghorst. The Dutch begin their Euro 2024 campaign in Germany against Poland and completed their preparations in comfortable fashion in Rotterdam. They …

  Ademola Lookman bagged a hat-trick as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the final of the Europa League.     Lookman made history as the first African player to score three goals in the final of a major UEFA competition. It was Bayer Leverkusen’s first defeat in 52 games …

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has left the Premier League club by mutual consent, according to Sky Sports. Pochettino only arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer and signed a two-year deal. The former Tottenham and PSG boss, who led the Blues to sixth place, had enjoyed a strong end to the …

Manchester City’s Phil Foden has been named the Premier League’s 2023/2024 Player of the Season.   This announcement comes after the 23-year-old England midfielder was voted Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association earlier this month, completing an awards double. Foden has scored a career-best 17 Premier …

Manchester United was Thrashed 4-0 by Crystal Palace, and Manchester United’s coach may not be able to protect his job English Premier League football team Manchester United suffered a 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace today, and the Premier League ranking slipped to 8th this season and may not be able …

PSG coach Enrique urges ‘calm’ in Dortmund Champions League decider Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique sought to take the pressure off his side going into Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Borussia Dortmund, telling them not to worry about having to win by two goals to reach the final. …

Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes were already over, but Harvey Elliott breathed new life into his hopes of making the England squad for Euro 2024 by playing a starring role in Sunday’s entertaining 4-2 win over Tottenham. Much of the build-up to this Premier League clash understandably focused on Mohamed …

Ukrainian Championship. Dynamo 5-0 Kolos. As part of the 27th round of the Ukrainian Football Championship, FC Dynamo Kyiv hosted Kolos from Kovalivka at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Club Stadium. Given that the first-round match ended in a draw, an easy match was not expected for the White-and-Blues this time either. …