Lionel Messi has said he believes Robert Lewandowski should be retrospectively awarded the 2020 Ballon d’Or as he praised the Bayern Munich striker in his acceptance speech for the 2021 honour on Monday. The Paris Saint-Germain star praised the Poland international after he was deprived of the award in 2020 and finished second in the voting this year Messi was ...
Former Kumasi Asante kotoko Chairman Herbert Mensah who is now the president and administrator of Ghana rugby association has vow that , Kotoko will win the league this season. In an interview with Akoma FM, the former CEO has stated that ,the porcupines will win the league. “I predicted earlier before the league started that, kotoko will win the league ...
The Chelsea midfielder duo has cracked an 8years record set by the Barcelona midfield duo Xavi and Andress Iniesta by being the first midfielders from the same club to have been named in the top five for the Men’s Ballon d’Or. The first duo to achieve this was Xavi Hernandez, current Barcelona head coach (3rd), and Andrés Iniesta (4th) in ...
The Premier League giant and European Champions have won the maiden edition of the club of the year award at the 65th Ballon D’Or event in Paris. The blues was given the maiden edition of the club of the year award for having the most players in the top 30 Ballon d’Or list. Five Chelsea players were nominated to contest ...
The “Rock of Gibraltar” as he’s popularly known, Ghana’s former defender and captain celebrates his 39th birthday. Born on 29th November, John Mensah made his Black Stars debut against Algeria in 2001 and went on to amass 86 caps for the national team, scoring three times in the process. John Mensah has featured in two world cups in Germany 2006 ...
Neymar will not play again for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, with it confirmed that the Brazilian forward is to be sidelined for up to eight weeks with an ankle injury. The Brazil international was forced from the field on a stretcher after landing awkwardly during the Ligue 1 clash with Saint-Etienne The 29-year-old was forced from the field on a ...
The Ballon d’Or award was created in 1956 by a French journalist as an accolade to celebrate individual brilliance in the team game and is generally regarded as the most prestigious within the game. Blackpool’s Stanley Matthews was the winner of the first award with Leo Messi the current holder with the Argentine scooping the prize in 2019 with the ...
The Ballon d’Or ceremony returns in Paris tonight after cancellation of the 2020 awards; Lionel Messi is the favourite to win the men’s award, while England’s Ellen White and Fran Kirby are nominated for the women’s trophy; event starts at 7pm UK time Today. Lionel Messi is the bookmakers favourite to win a seventh Ballon d'Or after lifting the Copa ...
Lionel Messi has thrown his support for former Barcelona team mate Samuel Eto’o in the upcoming football president elections in Cameroon. Messi in a Twitter post wished Eto’o well in the elections in December and threw his support for the former Cameroonian icon. Eto’o is on the verge of taking the affairs of Cameroon football from former federation president, Seidu ...
Ghana forward Sandra Owusu-Ansah has been nominated for the FIFA Puskas award for her wonder goal in the Women’s Premier League last season. The nominees for the prestigious award was announced on Monday, with Owusu-Ansah’s goal deservedly among the 11 chosen by FIFA. She is the only Ghanaian on the list but not the only African because Algerian captain Riyad ...