Abou Diaby Pulls Arsenal Through
Abou Diaby, Arsenal’s center midfielder from Cote d’Ivoire, was a shining star in this weekend’s game against Portsmouth in the United Arab Emirates. Diaby led the charge, fielding two goals in the first half to put Arsenal in the lead. Portsmouth rallied to score a goal in the first half to keep things lively and keep them in the running.
Abou Diaby
Adebayor and Egypt rule African football
Togolese national player and Arsenal striker, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor had been voted as the CAF African Player of the Year 2008 at the Awards Gala on Tuesday night in Lagos, Nigeria.
CAF names Africa’s finest 11
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its top 11 players in Africa. Boasting of some of the finest footballers in the world, this list certainly would send shivers down the spine of any football team in the world. Its truly unfortunate that we cannot have such a strong team to represent us in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Didier the Diva
It must really suck to be Didier Drogba at the moment. Just take a look at the past few months in his life: Projected winner of 2007 CAF African Footballer of the Year award, Drogba sent his wife to represent him at the ceremony and the award was subsequently given to Mali’s Fredi Kanoute. Predicted by many so-called pundits to run away with the 2008 African Nations Cup, Drogba and his Elephants were mightily humbled 4-1 in the semi final by eventual champions Egypt, and lost 4-2 to Ghana in the Third-place match.
CAF Announce Five Man List for Top Prize
Four English-based players have been nominated for the 2008 African Footballer of the Year award. However, there is no place on the nominations list for last year’s winner Frederic Kanoute of Mali.
Charity Match to feature Great African Soccer Players
Sevilla FC’s Malian international striker, Frederic Kanoute, in association with the United Nations Agency for Children (UNICEF), will sponsor a match at the Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium in Seville to raise funds to fight infant mortality in Africa. It will also raise money for a ‘children’s city’ in Bamako. » Read more…
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