Liverpool’s Salah, Mane, Keita Among CAF Award Nominees

Liverpool trio Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita are among 34 nominees named Friday for the 2018 African Player of the Year award.
Egyptian Salah won the award last year after scoring 44 goals in all competitions during his first season at Anfield.
Senegalese Mane has been in outstanding form for Liverpool this season while Guinean Keita adapts to English football after a mid-year move from German Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig.
A couple of previous African Player of the Year winners, Algerian Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal, are other contenders.
Nigerian Alex Iwobi, Senegalese Idrissa Gueye and Ivorian Wilfried Zaha complete the list of nominees who play in the Premier League.
History-making French coaches Nicolas Dupuis and Corentin Martins are among 10 nominations for the best coach award.
Dupuis has qualified Madagascar for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time and Martins achieved a similar feat with Mauritania.
Madagascar and Mauritania are contenders for the national team award with Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Award winners will be announced on January 8 at a ceremony in Dakar.

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Libya vs Nigeria: Jamilu Collins reveals four things Super Eagles coach, Rohr told him

Super Eagles and Paderborn of Germany defender, Jamilu Collins has revealed four things that manager, Gernot Rohr told him before his first competitive international game for Nigeria against Libya on Saturday in the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifying fixture. Three goals from Changchun Yatai star, Odion Ighalo, and a goal from Kalu Uche, ensured that the Super Eagles took all three points in Uyo. Collins, who played full 90 minutes, said that Rohr told him to enjoy himself, play to his abilities, keep it simple and not to be eager to impress anyone. “The coach told me to enjoy myself and play to my abilities. Keep it simple and don’t be eager to impress. That helped calmed my nerves before stepping onto the pitch, to be honest I was surprised by the decision to start me”, the 24-year-old told Owngoalnigeria.com. “I have since taken my mind off the game. I’m fully focused on tomorrow’s game as a team that is our aim and getting a good result will translate to qualifica...

Much ado about a 12 year old pregnant South African girl

A pregnant 12-year-old went viral after posting her pregnant photos on social media. The little girl captioned her photos ‘pregnant and proud’ . She has since received mixed reactions from social media users. In a shocking twist,the father responsible is also an underage teenager. He is reportedly 14-years-old and is also seen with the young girl in some of the viral pictures. Check the photos below:

The result of the draw for UEFA Champions League football tournament.

Difficult for Valencia, complicated for Barcelona and simple for Real Madrid and Atletico Valencia and Barcelona have been given a difficult task in the group stage of the Champions League after the draw was made on Thursday. Marcelino 's side will play Juventus, Manchester United and Young Boys, whilst Ernesto Valverde 's team will do battle with Inter, PSV and Tottenham. Real Madrid and Atletico were the lucky ones. Viktoria Plzen , Roma and CSKA are the three rivals for the current champion, whilst Dortmund , Brugge and Monaco lie in wait for the rojiblancos. Other groups In the other four groups, Manchester City can be happy with drawing Shakhtar Donetsk , Lyon and Hoffenheim. Neymar and Mbappe's Paris Saint-Germain will face Liverpool, Napoli and Red Star . Lokomotiv , Schalke , Galatasaray and Iker Casillas' Porto make up group D, whilst Bayern will face Benfica, Ajax and AEK Athens in Group E.

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