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African Player of the Year Lookman links up with Evih following tribute track
Nigerian artist Evih has captured widespread attention with his recent release dedicated to Ademola Lookman, the Atalanta forward named African Player of the Year in December 2024. The track ...
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Sources: Nottingham Forest target Africa’s best player in £59m deal
Sources have told us that Lookman – who was named the 2024 African Player of the Year at the Confederation of African Football Awards in Marrakech in December – has emerged as a potential ...
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Who is Nigeria’s all-time highest goal scorer? – Osimhen’s rank among top 10 Super Eagles strikers
While the younger generation has the talent to take over the top scoring charts in Nigeria's international football, they owe their desire to be better (in some parts) to the legendary players ...
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Ligue 1: Simon nominated for best African Player of the Year award
Nantes winger Moses Simon has been nominated for the Best African Player of the Year award in France. The prestigious award is named after former Cameroon international, Marc-Vivien Foé.
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Macklin Celebrini named Sharks Player & Rookie of the Year for 2024–25
The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) announced today that forward Macklin Celebrini has been selected as the "Sharks Player of the Year" and ... in four games and was named NHL Rookie of ...
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Mio’s Mia McGregor named division 4 player of the year in back-to-back seasons
As a freshman she set state scoring records averaging over 41 points per game, and she talked about what it meant to her to be named the back-to-back player of the year in division 4.
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USC women's basketball star JuJu Watkins named women's Naismith National Player of the Year
Watkins was named the women's 2025 Naismith National Player of the Year on Wednesday. She averaged 23.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, leading the Trojans to a 31-4 record and 17-1 ...
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Standard Bank named Africa’s most valuable banking brand for fourth consecutive year
Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets ... This accolade marks the fourth consecutive year that Brand Finance’s annual ranking of the Global Top 500 Banking Brands has acknowledged ...
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Duke freshman Cooper Flagg named AP Player of Year
April 4 - Cooper Flagg of Duke was named the Associated Press men's college basketball Player of the Year on Friday, becoming just the fourth freshman to earn the award. Flagg garnered 41 votes ...
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South African retail sales rise 3.9% year on year in February
JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - South African retail sales rose 3.9% year on year in February after rising by a 7.0% in January, Statistics South Africa figures showed, opens new tab on Wednesday.
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Crestview’s Rhodes named Division V Player of the Year
Rhodes was named the Division V Player of the Year as the all-state teams for Division IV, V, VI and VII were released on Monday. Rhodes averaged 26.1 points per game with 7.4 rebounds ...