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Nigerian women’s footballer of the year, Asisat Oshoala on Thursday, December 28 presented her award to President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu in Lagos.   Asisat won the 2023 African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa’s best female football player. The award was conferred …

Dan Campbell has been at or near the top of the board when it comes to odds of winning the NFL Coach of the Year award. He has turned a laughingstock franchise into a feared competitor in just a couple of years as the Detroit Lions are near the top …

Super Eagles ace Victor Osimhen retaliated against an internet troll that claimed he was not deserving of the CAF POTY Award. Less than 48 hours after putting his incredible technique on display with an incredible assist in Napoli’s victory over Cagliari and earning plaudits from the football world, Super Eagles …

Australian superstar Sam Kerr has been left out of the three-person shortlist for the Best Women’s Player at the annual Best FIFA Football Awards despite coming runner-up in the voting for the Ballon d’Or Feminin in October. The Best Awards honour the most outstanding members of professional football in games …

No wide receiver has ever won the NFL MVP award. In fact, no position player has taken home the hardware since 2012 when running back Adrian Peterson was named the most valuable, as it has been quarterbacks every year since. But if Tyreek Hill is able to meet his lofty …

Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been nominated for the Nottingham Forest Fans’ Footballer of the Year 2023 award. Awoniyi has been one of the key players for Nottingham Forest, scoring 10 league goals to help Forest survive the drop last season. The former Liverpool forward, who is currently ruled …

During the wild, back-and-forth game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Philly quarterback Jalen Hurts had a roller coaster of a game. He entered the contest as a slight favorite on the board when it came to the NFL MVP odds, and nearly played his way out …

Osimhen will go head-to-head with Inter Miami star Lionel Messi and Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo in this year’s award. Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen will battle Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for this year’s Best Men’s Player prize at the Global Soccer Awards.  Osimhen might have achieved Nigeria’s highest-ever finish …

Tottenham Hotspur gaffer Ante Postecoglou has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for October. Postecoglou is now the first to be named Manager of the Month in the first three months of a Premier League season. The Australian gaffer had landed the first two awards of the season …

The Ballon d’Or 2024 power ranking makes for intriguing reading, with Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland the favourites for the gong.  Yes, we know that the 2023 award has only just been handed out – but at France Football, attention is turning to the next 12 months of …