The list of 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or has been revealed and Leonel Messi is not part. The France Football jury had no scruples in dismissing the defending champion. However, the magazine’s editor in chief, Pascal Ferré, saw fit to apologize to La Pulga.
France Football magazine unveiled the list of players nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or on Friday. A total of 30 men candidates have been nominated for the best player of the season. However Argentinian Lionel Messi and Brazilian Neymar are not among them.
Ghana have been unexpectedly disqualified from the men’s 4x100m final of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games. The decision was taken by the organizers after the Ghana team made a mistake in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Napoli, a Serie A club, will no longer target African internationals. This is announced by Aurelio De Laurentiss, its president. He is taking this decision because of the periodicity of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Who will succeed Lionel Messi on October 17? The Argentinian seems out of the running for the 2022 Ballon d’Or after a mixed season at Paris Saint-Germain, so does Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo with Manchester United. This year, Africa has at least two players who can win the most prestigious individual honor in world football.
The judges of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who were supposed to pronounce a verdict this Saturday on the case demanding the resignation of Samuel Eto’o as President of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fécafoot), have again given a new date to communicate the decision.
Ahead of the 2022 African Nations Championship, known as CHAN 2022, the local Sparrowhawks of Togo beat their counterparts from the Ivory Coast in a friendly match in Lomé, this Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Members of Commonwealth governments gathered in Birmingham, UK, for the 10th Commonwealth Sport Ministers Meeting (10CSMM) on July 27, 2022. This first meeting since the organization grew from 54 to 56 nations was warmly welcomed by the Togolese sports journalist, Yaou Mensah Agbenou.
Several African nations are not among the countries authorized to vote for the award of the 2022 Ballon d’Or. This decision is the result of new reforms introduced by the organizer of the prestigious trophy. Therefore, only twenty (20) African countries have the right to vote.
Next month, the most decorated women’s basketball teams from across West Africa will compete for the Crown Elite Women Basketball title, a chance to win over 4 million naira (nearly $10,000) cash and other rewards.
