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Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

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2 weeks ago

May 9, 2025

Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, has been voted as the Football Writers’ Assocation (FWA) Footballer of the Year.

It is reward for an incredible season with the Premier League champions.

The Egyptian notched a staggering 90 per cent of votes to win the award – the most by any player this century – beating out the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney.

Salah has scored 33 goals and provided 23 assists across all competitions this season, including 28 goals in the Premier League.

His performances helped Arne Slot lead the Reds to their 20th English top-flight title in his debut season, levelling rivals Manchester United for the most ever.

This is a record-equalling third time the winger has won the award, having also been honoured for his efforts in 2017-18 and 2021-22 – Henry is the only other player to win it as many times as Salah.

Salah’s Liverpool team-mate Virgil van Dijk was his closest challenger, with the centre back finishing second in the voting.

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Tottenham Defeat Man United, Lift Europa League Title

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9 hours ago

May 21, 2025

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By Augustine Akhilomen

Tottenham have won its first European title since 1984 after defeating Manchester United 1-0 in Wednesday’s Europa League final at Bilbao.

The win means Spurs have clinched a spot in next season’s Champions League..

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Unity Cup: Chelle drops Osimhen, Lookman from Super Eagles squad to play Ghana, Russia [Full list]

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17 hours ago

May 21, 2025

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The head coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has left Victor Osimhen and Ademola out of his squad for play Ghana in the Unity Cup.

This was confirmed after the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, released the list of invited players on Wednesday afternoon.

Osimhen and Lookman will also miss Nigeria’s games against Russia.

However, there is a return for goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, Frank Onyeka, Kelechi Iheanacho and captain Ahmed Musa.

Details later…

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Real Madrid: I’m very sad about Ancelotti’s departure – Carvajal

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19 hours ago

May 21, 2025

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Real Madrid defender, Dani Carvajal has expressed sadness over manager Carlo Ancelotti’s imminent departure from the club.

Ancelotti is all set to leave Real Madrid at the end of the season to take over the head coaching job of the Brazil national team.

The Italian will take charge of his last game as Real Madrid manager when they face Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Speaking on the development, Carvajal described Ancelotti as a father to him in football.

The Spaniard also wished the former Chelsea and AC Milan manager gets a the send-off he deserves this weekend.

“I am very sad about Carlo Ancelotti’s departure. He is almost like a Sports Father to me,” Carvajal was quoted by Madrid Zone as saying.

“I hope he gets the send-off he deserves on Saturday.”