May 10, 2017
General secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has lauded the new CAF leadership.
London is set to host the The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in October this year
The inaugural version of this event, which rivals the Ballon d’Or Gala, was held in Zurich, Switzerland in January, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd and Claudio Ranieri taking the top gongs.
FIFA initially planned to host it at Wembley Arena, but it was shelved because the venue had already been booked for an ice show.
Romelu Lukaku has been named player of the season at Everton’s annual awards ceremony in Liverpool on Tuesday night.
Following his 24 goal haul in the Premier League this campaign spearheading the club’s charge back to European football after two years outside of continental competition.
The Belgian striker has been linked with a move away from Goodison Park this summer, but Lukaku was delighted to pick up his award and is focused on ending the season on a high note.
Lukaku told evertontv: ‘I’m surprised to win. Since I turned professional, this is the first time I’ve won this award.
For me, personally, I thought Gana [Idrissa Gueye] was going to win because he has been the best player consistently. I told him earlier that he was going to win!
‘He and the other midfielders this year gave more licence to the likes of me, Ross Barkley, Kevin Mirallas and Yannick Bolasie to create and score. As a team we are back on track and the future looks bright.
‘I’m very happy and I want to thank the manager as well for pushing me because I know I am not an easy guy! We have an open relationship and he took me to the next level. I want to thank the fans as well.’
Meanwhile, Tom Davies scooped a hat-trick of awards with the 18-year-old’s goal and performance in the 4-0 win over Manchester City in January accounting for two of his gongs. Davies, an Everton academy graduate became a first-team regular since the start of 2017 and was quick to showcase his talent.
‘I’m privileged and proud to win this award,’ Davies told the club’s official website. ‘Everything has happened so quickly this season, and it’s even surreal being at the event tonight, when you who’s here and everyone who has wanted a picture with me.
‘Walking on the blue carpet and interacting with all the fans, it’s been a great feeling.’
Philippe Coutinho’s £60,000 Porsche car window smashed at Liverpool’s awards
Liverpool attacker, Philippe Coutinho had a window on his luxury Porsche Macan smashed while he attended the club’s end-of-season awards night on Tuesday.
Coutinho was joined by his wife Aine at Anfield, with the pair safely inside when a thug launched a rock at the Brazilian’s car window.
Pictures obtained exclusively by Sportsmail show significant damage to the £60,000 Porsche, which was parked alongside other players’ cars in a guarded car park.
A photographer located at the ground to snap players’ arrivals detailed how a man arrived at the scene to throw a rock at the car, before quickly running away.
A police van then arrived at the stadium, and a member of staff came outside with the keys to assess the damage to the expensive car.
Buffon, who has made who made his 150th appearance in his Champions League career, was on the losing side as Juve were beaten in the 2003 and 2015 finals.
“Two years ago everyone thought it was my last final – but you have to believe in your dreams,” said the 39-year-old.
With Juve already leading 2-0 from the first leg, goals from Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves left Monaco needing four goals in 46 minutes to progress.
Kylian Mbappe’s second-half strike made no difference to the result, but did ended Buffon’s run of 10 hours of Champions League football without conceding.
There’s nothing to celebrate yet about Nigeria’s 2019 FIBA World Cup chances because the NBBF is behind schedule in planning for the Coachless D’Tigers according to First Bank Female Basketball Club Peter Ahmedu.
Bennell, 63-year-old former Crewe Alexandra coach is accused of a total of 41 offences between 1980 and 1991, against eight boys.
Bennell previously denied 20 child sex offences during a hearing in March.
He now faces 18 counts of indecent assault, two of serious sexual assault and one of attempted sexual assault.
The new charges are against four boys aged between 14 and 16 and are alleged to have taken place between 1983 and 1991.
The previous charges are 14 counts of indecent assault, five counts of serious sexual assault and one count of attempted serious sexual assault.
They involve four complainants who were boys under the age of 16 at the time of the alleged attacks between 1980 and 1987.
One was aged either 11 or 12 at the time.
Bennell will appear via video link at South Cheshire Magistrates’ Court on 17 May.