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CAF Awards: Big win for Nigeria as Asisat Oshoala, Victor Osimhen become African Footballers of the Year

Nigerian players Asisat Oshoala and Victor Osimhen have been named African Footballers of the Year at the CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. The event marked the culmination of the African football season...

Rising footballer drowns after jumping off rocks with teammates days before school starts

Tragedy struck the Heard County Braves Football team when one of their rising stars, Antwon Carter, drowned during a trip to Alabama with his teammates. The incident occurred while they were jumping off...

Kylian Mbappé may become most expensive footballer of all time after huge $776M offer: report

In 2022, Kylian Mbappé emerged as the highest-paid footballer courtesy of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain. This was after the French footballer turned down a transfer deal to Spanish giants...

This female American footballer is teaching the next generation financial literacy through her nonprofit 

Santia Deck is the CEO of the one and only female athlete-owned athletic footwear brand, TRONUS. She is also the first female American football player to sign a multi-million dollar contract, and the founder...

The top guns: Africa’s top eleven footballers

African footballers, like their counterparts in the major basketball leagues in the world, are making great strides in different soccer leagues. Africa is one of the leading continents credited for producing...

Honoring King Pelé: 11 things you probably didn’t know about the greatest footballer of all time

On the evening of December 29, 2022, the world was devastated by the news of the passing of the legendary Brazilian soccer player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as King Pelé. Pelé,...

The 10 richest African footballers in 2022

Football is one of the richest sports in the world. According to conservative estimates, it has a total industry value of nearly $600 billion, 43% of the whole global financial sports market. Each year,...

England footballer Bukayo Saka covers surgery fees for 120 kids in his native Nigeria

Arsenal soccer star and England international Bukayo Saka joined hands with the BigShoe charity organization to foot the bill for life-changing surgeries for 120 children in his native Nigeria. According...

How Kylian Mbappe became the highest-paid footballer in the world: report

In 2021, Forbes published the list of the highest-paid athletes in the world. The publication named Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the highest-earning footballers. Included in the list was Kylian...

Get to know Donaldson Sackey, the Togolese footballer turned crypto entrepreneur with several businesses in Europe

Meet Donaldson Nukunu Sackey. He is a Togolese international football star turned cryptocurrency entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Timeless Capital Technology. His cryptocurrency, the Timeless...

British man caught with child abuse images after racially abusing Congolese footballer sentenced

A British man, who was initially arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Congolese footballer Yannick Bolasie, was also slapped with a series of other unrelated charges after authorities found images...

How ex-footballer Reece Wabara built a fashion brand to $30m in revenue without outside capital

Reece Wabara is an ex-professional footballer who played for Manchester City from 2011 to 2014 as well as Ipswich, Oldham, Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley, Wigan, and finally Bolton in 2017. He also represented...

This is how Ghana’s footballers became known as the Black Stars

Ghana’s Black Stars are back in the news after progressing to the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers following their narrow win against South Africa at the Cape Coast stadium on Sunday....

After a brush with deportation, this Tanzanian-born man now trains famous footballers in UK

Sev Mokake, originally from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was just three when he and his family moved to Norwich. At nine years old, he lost his dad. Two years later, he and his family were told they were facing...

Benjamin Odeje, England’s first Black footballer who had to wait for 42 years to be recognized

When Benjamin Odeje was called up by England schoolboys and made his debut against Northern Ireland in 1971, he didn’t know he was writing football history. A young schoolboy from south-east London...

British police officer found guilty in death of former footballer

A jury at the Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday found a police officer guilty of the manslaughter of a retired footballer he excessively tasered and kicked during a confrontation in August 2016. According...

The inside story of how a footballer was miraculously brought back from the dead

It was March 17, 2012, just before the end of the first half in the FA Cup quarter-final tie between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane when midfielder Fabrice Muamba’s heart...

At 74, this Egyptian granddad has become the world’s oldest professional footballer

Egyptian grandpa Ezzeldin Bahader has been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest professional footballer, breaking Israeli Isaak Hayik’s record. The 74-year-old...

Footballer by day, criminal by night. The double life of Kenya’s Nicodemus Arudhi

He was known by many names: David Odhiambo son of Nicodemus, alias Daniel Odhiambo son of N. Owiti, alias Daniel Odhiambo son of Nicodemus, alias Daniel Nicodemus. Generally, Daniel Odhiambo preferred...

Out goes Ervin, in comes NFL footballer Jonathan Owens as Simone Biles’ new love

It seems being fit and athletic are the key considerations in settling for a partner for Olympic gymnast, Simone Biles. It became pubic news in March that 23-year-old Biles had ended things with fellow...