Mahrez wins African Footballer of the Year as Nigeria wins big

Mahrez

Algerian and Leicester City Super star Riyad Mahrez has been voted as the African Player of the Year at the 25th edition of the Glo-CAF Awards held Thursday night in Abuja.

Mahrez dethroned Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG who won the last edition but finished as runners up this year.

Sadio Mane finished in third place. 

Nigeria beats Cameroon to win 8th AWCON title

Nigeria on Saturday at the Ahmadou Ahidjou Stadium defeated hosts Cameroon 1-0 in the final of the 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations to lift the title for a record eighth time.

Avant Guingamp of France striker, Desire Oparanozie, gave the Super Falcons the victory over the Indomitable Lionesses in a tensed match, which could have gone either way. The stadium was filled to capacity as fans of the host country came to cheer their team to victory.

Nigeria have now defeated Cameroon in three finals in the history of the competition. The Super Falcons stopped the Lionesses from lifting the AWCON title in the 2004 edition, when they beat them 5-0, and also the 2014 edition when Cameroon lost 2-0 to Nigeria courtesy of goals from Oparanozie and Arsenal Ladies forward, Asisat Oshoala.

Africa Athletics Championships: South Africa, Kenya finish ahead of Nigeria

Team Nigeria finished in third place on the final medal standings at the just concluded 20th edition of the African Championships in Athletics held in Durban, South Africa.

With just four gold medals to show for her efforts, Nigeria was no match for hosts, South Africa, who amassed 16 gold medals and Kenya who got half of same to finish in second place.

This is the fifth victory for South Africa in seven editions of the biennial athletics fiesta and this is poorest show for Nigeria in a decade.