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Serena Williams  competed and won the Australian Open last year, but this year neither she nor 4-month-old daughter Alexis Olympia will be there. Twelve days before the start the tournament, the tennis star, 36, announced she has withdrawn with a statement shared on Snapchat Thursday. Williams was expected to defend her title this month. “After performing in my first match after giving birth I realized that although I am super close I’m not where I personally want to be,” she wrote. “My coach and team always said ‘Only go to tournaments when you are prepared to go all the way.’…

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Egypt’s Mohamed Salah beat his Liverpool teammate and Senegal star, Sadio Mane as well as Gabon and Borussia Dortmund’s ace – top scorer in Germany last season and DFB Pokal winner – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the 2017 African Player of the Year Award.

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Egypt international winger Mohamed Salah has scooped up the prestigious CAF award after heavy competition from Senegalese forward Sadio Mane and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Mohamed Salah has won the award for best African male football player by CAF. The announcement was made in the AITEO CAF AWARDS event in Ghana tonight , where he was accompanied by fellow contestant and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane. This win would mean Salah has won the two biggest personal accolades for African footballers, the BBC Player of the Year and the CAF Player of the Year in the space of a few weeks.

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