Full List Of Winners At The GLO CAF Awards 2015, Plus Africa’s Finest XI

Full List Of Winners At The GLO CAF Awards 2015, Plus Africa’s Finest XI

*Referee Of The Year:
Bakary Papa GASSAMA – Gambia.

*Coach Of The Year:
Herve Renard

* African Legends Awards Winners:
Charles Kumi Gyami – Ghana
Samuel Mbappe Leppe – Cameroon

*The Leader Of The Year Award:
Abdiqani Said Arab – Somalia

* National Team of the Year:
The Elephants of Cote d’ Ivorie.

* National Team Of The Year (Women):
The Cameroon National Women’s Team

Etebo is most promising talent of the year https://t.co/QljIr1h7kD

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*Most Promising Talent Award:
Oghenekaro Etebo – Nigeria

* Youth Player Of The Year:
Victor Osimhen – Nigeria Golden Eaglets

* Women Player Of The Year:
Gaelle Enganamouit – Cameroon (Winner)

* African Player Of The Year Based In Africa:
Mbwana Samatta – Tanzania

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang is crowned African Player of the Year with (143 Points) #GloCAFAwards2015

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* Caf Footballer Of The Year.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon

* Club Of The Year:
TP Mazembe

* Fair Play Award:
Allez Casa – Senegal

* Platinum Award:
Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria

Africa Finest XI:

Goal Keeper:
Robert Muteba KIDIABA (DR Congo)

Defenders:

Serge AURIER (Cote d’Ivoire), Aymen ABDENNOUR (Tunisia), Mohamed MEFTAH (Algeria)

Midfielders: Andre AYEW (Ghana), Yaya TOURE (Cote d’Ivoire), Sadio MANE (Senegal), Yacine BRAHIMI (Algeria)

Forwards: Mbwana Aly SAMATTA (Tanzania), Pierre-Emerrick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon), Baghdad BOUNEDJAH (Algeria)

GLO – CAF AWARDS: AUBAMEYANG, AYEW, TOURE IN TOP THREE

Yaya Touré
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The top three contenders for the 2015 African Player of the Year have been revealed.

They are; Andre Ayew (Ghana/ Swansea City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/ Borussia Dortmund) and Yaya Toure (Cote d”Ivoire/ Manchester City).

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The trio was unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Excutive member Anjorin Moucharafou and Glo representatives on Monday, 14 December 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria.

For the African Player of the Year – Based in Africa, the top three finalists are; Baghdad Boundjah (Algeria/: Etoile du Sahel), Mbwana Aly Samata (Tanzania/ TP Mazembe) and Robert Kidiaba (DR Congo/ TP Mazembe) ‎.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Dortmund and Dante of Munich compete for the ball photo credit ar.fifa.com

The winner to be decided by votes from Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF ‎will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala on 7 January 2016.

Cameroon To Organise 2016 Women’s African Olympic Qualifiers

Cameroon was selected by African Volleyball Confederation “CAVB” as a host for the prestigious Women’s African Olympic Qualifiers in the Capital Yaoundé February 12 to 19, 2016 with a record of 17 participating National federations.

The champions of this qualifier will represent Africa in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The qualifiers attracted 17 countries which are Algeria, Tunisia, Gambia, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo RDC, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Madagascar.

CAVB put November 20, 2015 as a deadline to send the list of players to participate in the competition.

Algeria claimed the African Qualification tickets in the last 2 Olympics in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Kenya celebrating

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Gambia Sends Strong Beach Volleyball Squad To Continental Cup

The Gambia men and women beach volleyball team are up again for the second round of the Continental cup, a qualification competition for Rio Olympic Games. Gambia is paired in Group B along with Ghana, Senegal, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon and host Cote d’Ivoire for men, while the Women’s grouping will see Gambia faces Senegal – Burkina Faso – Ghana – Congo Brazzaville and Congo RDC.

The qualifiers are scheduled from November 11th to 16th in Ivorian Capital, Abidjan and the Gambia’s participation is fully funded by the Gambia National Olympic Committee under the leadership of Momodou Dibba.

Speaking earlier to Volleyball executives Dibba expressed his satisfaction on the progress made in volleyball and the recent exploits in Zone II. He reaffirmed his board continued support and urged the team to make Gambia proud. I want to see Gambia make it to the Rio Games and I am ready to support in all aspects Dibba concluded.

We are morally and spiritually prepared to meet any task down in Ivory Coast, Coach Ebrima Nyass said: “We are at the highest standard and our recent participation in the 11th All Africa Games has added more confidence and has also generated more experience for us in beach volleyball”.

Nyass said he is comfortable with the grouping and his men had already played against great volleyball nations like Angola, Nigeria, and Mozambique among others so the grouping is not considered to difficult for him. He sounded hopeful of his team creating an upset at the competition.

We are ready to make Gambia proud again, senior player Malick Jammeh said. “we are expecting a positive result in Ivory Coast and I am sure we will make it through to the final stage Jammeh assured”. The Gambian delegation leaves Banjul international Airport on November 9th to Abidjan via Dakar and returns on November 17th.

Gambia Beach Volleyball Team Celebrates success At The Continental Cup Sub Zonal qualifiers

The Delegation:

Players: Sanu Secka (Gamtel/Gamcel), Alieu Barry (GAF), Babucarr Jarra (Old Jeshwang), Malick Jammeh (Old Jeshwang), Sainabou Tambedou ( Gamtel/Gamcel), Amie Gaye (Interior), Fatoumatta Ceesay (Interior), Abie Kujabie (GAF)

Officials: Ebrima Nyass Head Coach, Yunusa Barry Head of Delegation, Muhammed L. Saidykhan Press Officer and Namory Trawally GNOC Rep

Muhammed L. Saidykhan
Press Officer Gambia VB Fed

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CAF UNVEILS 2015 TOP 10 FOR AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES

As a follow up to the previous shortlist of CAF African Footballer of the year awards, CAF as further pruned the list down to 10 African footballer player plying their trade outside the shores of the continent and also another list of ten top players based on the continent of Africa.

Last year’s winner Yaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire and Man City is on the list as well as Borussia Dortmund’s Gabonese Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Yacine Brahimi of Algeria & Porto also features on the list alongside Ghana’s André Ayew who also plays for Swansea in the Barclays English Premiership.

Below is the Full list of Top Ten Nominees For The African Player Of The Year And African Player Of The Year (Based In Africa) 2015

The winner will be decided by votes of the Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.
The awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.

African Player of the
André Ayew (Ghana & Swansea)
Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia & Valencia)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
Sadio Mané (Senegal & Southampton)
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria & Valencia)
Yacine Brahimi ( Algeria & Porto)
Yaya Touré (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester City)

African Player of the – Year Based in Africa

Abdeladim Khadrouf (Morocco & Moghreb Tetouan)
Baghdad Bounedjah ( Algeria & Etoile du Sahel)
Felipe Ovono (Equatorial Guinea & Orlando Pirates)
Kermit Erasmus (South Africa & Orlando Pirates)
Mbwana Aly Samatta (Tanzania & TP Mazembe)
Mohamed Meftah ( Algeria & USM Alger)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)
Robert Kidiaba Muteba ( DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Roger Assalé (Cote d’Ivoire & TP Mazembe)
Zineddine Ferhat (Algeria & USM Alger)

CAF Releases Shorlist For African Player Of The Year 2015

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards 2015 shortlist has been released by CAF a few hours ago by the continental body in preparation for another Interesting GLO CAF Awards, Four time Back to Back winner and current holder Yaya Toure of Man City as been nominated alongside what is arguably Africa’s finest footballers plying their trade at home and abroad.

Goalkeepers Vincent Enyeama of Lille and Nigeria and Also Robert Kidiaba of T.P Mazembe and D.R Congo appear prominently alongside forwards Andre Ayew of Swansea City and Ghana, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund and Gabon And New Nigerian Captain Ahmed Musa of CSKA Moscow.

Victor Wanyama of Southampton, and Kenya is amongst the list of Barclays English Premier League stars on the list which also has Leicester City’s Algerian sensation Riyad Mahrez,

Below is the full list of thirty seven Africa footballers in alphabetical order with their club names, current country of location and Country they play for.









1. Ahmed Musa
CSKA Moscow, Russia Nigeria

2. Andre Ayew
Swansea City, England, Ghana

3. Aymen ABDENNOUR
FC Valence, Spain, Tunisia

4. Baghdad Bonjah
Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia, Algeria

5. Bassem Morsi
Zamalek, Egypt, Egypt

6. Chrisitian Atsu
Bournemouth, England, Ghana

7. Dieu Merci Mbokani
Norwich, England, D.R Congo

8. El Arbi Hillel Soudani
Dynamo Zagreb, Croatia, Algeria

9. Faouzi Ghoulam
Napoli, Italy, Algeria

10. Férébory Doré
Angers, France, Congo

11. Gervais Yao Kouassi
Rome, Italy, Cote d’Ivoire

12. Ibrahima Traoré
Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany, Guinea

13. Javier Balboa
Al-Faisaly, Saudi Arabia, Equatorial Guinea

14. Héldon Ramos
Rio Ave, Portugal, Cape Verde

15. Mame Diouf
Stoke City, England, Senegal

16. Max Alain Gradel
Bournemouth, England, Cote d’Ivoire

17. Mehdi Benatia
Bayern Munich, Germany, Morocco

18. Modather Al Tayeb “Karika”
Al Hilal, Sudan, Sudan

19. Mohamed Salah
As Roma, Italy, Egypt

20. Nicolas Nkoulou
Marseille, France, Cameroon

21. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Borussia Dortmund, Germany, Gabon

22. Robert Kidiaba
T.P Mazembe, D.R Congo D.R Congo

23. Rudy Gestede
Aston Villa, England, Benin

24. Riyad Mahrez
Leicester City, England, Algeria

25. Sadio Mané
Southampton, England, Senegal

26. Serge AURIER
Paris Saint Germain, France, Côte d’Ivoire

27. Seydou keita
Rome, Italy, Mali

28. Sofiane FEGHOULI
Valence, Spain, Algeria

29. Stéphane Mbia
Trabzonspor, Turkey, Cameroon

30. Thievy Bifouma
Granada, Spain, Congo

31. Victor Wanyama
Southampton, England, Kenya

32. Vincent Aboubakar
Porto, Portugal Cameroon

33. Vincent Enyeama
Lille, France, Nigeria

34. Yacine Brahimi
Porto, Portugal, Algeria

35. Yannick Bolasie
Crystal Palace, England, RD Congo

36. Yasine Chikhaoui
Al-Gharafa, Qatar, Tunisia

37. Yaya Toure
Man City, England, Cot d’Ivoire


RD Congo Crowned Zone 4 Beach Volleyball Champions at AAG Qualifier

2015 All Africa Games- Beach VB zone 4

Hosts Congo RD won both Men and Women zone 4 Qualifiers for All Africa Games “AAG” held in Kinshasa, RD Congo May 9 to 13, 2015.

The hosts qualified to the finals of AAG to be held in Congo Brazzaville September 4-19 with the second ranked team in both genders Congo Brazzaville and the third Gabon.

One more qualifier to the finals from this zone will be decided by CAVB Board of Administration in its meeting on June 8 and 9, 2015.

In the men’s 3 nation tournament RD Congo beat Gabon in the opening 2-0 (21-7, 21-17) and then they took over their neighbours Congo Brazzaville in a thrilling encounter 2-1 (19-21, 30-28, 18-16) to win the gold medal followed by Congo Brazzaville who overcame Gabon 2-0 (21-17, 21-11).

In the women’s tournament the hosts also beat Gabon in their first match 2-0 (21-17, 21-18). They also beat Congo Brazzaville 2-0 (21-10, 21-17) in the finals to finish in the first position followed by Congo Brazzaville who also beat Gabon 2-0 (21-13, 21-15).

With the conclusion of zone 4, RD Congo, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon will join the already qualified Algeria, Tunisia (Zone 1), Senegal Guinea, Gambia, Sierra Leone (Zone 2), Nigeria, Niger, Benin and Cote d’Ivoire (Zone 3) to the finals of AAG in Congo Brazzaville.

Men’s qualifiers are Tunisia, Algeria (Zone 1), Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Conakry (Zone 2), Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire (Zone 3), RD Congo, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon (Zone 4).

The finals of All Africa Games will feature the top 24 teams in Africa where the top 2 in Zones 1 and 7 and the top 4 from the other zones (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) capture their tickets to the second ever beach volleyball competition at the peak sports event in Africa.

Results

Men
Match No. 1 COD vs. GAB – 2:0 (21:07, 21:17)
Match No. 2. CGO vs. GAB – 2:0 (21:17, 21:11)
Match No. 3 COD vs. CGO – 2:1 (19:21, 30:28, 18:15)

Women
Match No. 1 CGO vs. GAB – 2:0 (21:17, 21:18)
Match No. 2. GAB vs. COD – 0:2 (13:21, 15:21)
Match No. 3 COD vs. CGO – 2:0 (21:10, 21:17)

Table of Pool Points/Ranking
Men COD CGO GAB
COD VS GAB 2 1
CGO VS GAB 2 1
COD VS CGO 2 1
Total Points Per NF 4 3 2

Women COD CGO GAB
CGO VS GAB 2 1
GAB VS COD 2 1
COD VS CGO 2 1
Total Points Per NF 4 3 2

Final Ranking
Male Female
1. Congo RDC 1. Congo RDC
2. Congo Brazza 2. Congo Brazza
3. Gabon 3. Gabon

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Nigeria for WTF World Championships in Russia

Nigerian team will return to the international stage at the World Taekwondo Federation(WTF)-organised World Championships holding this week in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Three experienced athletes led by Beijing 2008 Olympics bronze medalist, Chika Chukwumerije will hoist Nigeria’s flag at the global tournament, where athletes are expected to garner points for their final qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.

United States-based Saturday Bashir and France-based Murtala Mohammed will be on duty at the tournament kicking off tomorrow at Traktor Arena in Chelyabinsk.

Besides Nigeria, some top African teams like Gabon, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire and Tunisia are also using the tournament as a tune-up to this year’s All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.

According to the President, Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), George Ashiru who was at yesterday’s WTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) said the team’s build up was hampered by the political and economic situation in the country.

George Ashiru, President Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, NTF.

He however ruled out prospect of medals. “Our chances are much slimmer than usual because we didn’t have the luxury and indeed necessity of a formal training camp you would expect from the biggest event of the year. We had expected to camp our athletes for two months prior to the now rescheduled National Sports Festival, use the festival to test these preparations, and then take only the athletes that demonstrated ability for the nature of the event. None of these opportunities were afforded us early in the year. So, training was informal open camp, and some bureaucratic bottlenecks also hampered our final push for sponsorship of the full national team. Therefore, we won’t have similar results as we would ordinarily expect with proper preparation,” he added.

Meanwhile, the WTF Council has decided on the host cities of upcoming taekwondo championships and announced key appointments, including the organization’s new secretary general.

Muju, Korea, beat out Turkey’s Samsun to host the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, while American Hoss Rafaty was named the new secretary general of the WTF.

The WTF Council also approved Mexico as the host country of the 2016 WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships, and Lima, Peru as the host city of the 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.

Taekwondo Team to the 2014 Commonwealth Taekwondo Games [L-R: Judith Usifoh, Adaeze Asigbe, Chiamaka Onumonu, Shola Olowookere, Sunday Onofe, Chinazum Nwosu, Jamilu Mohammed, Josephine Esuku, Shola Olushola, Adamu Abubakar Isah, Ebere Blessing Nwakanma and Team Captain & Athlete-Coach, Chika Chukwumerije]. Uche Chukwumerije and Murtala Mohammed are not in the picture

Also WTF has announced the appointment of Hoss Rafaty as the WTF Secretary General during the WTF Council meeting in Chelyabinsk, Russia, ahead of the 2015 WTF World Taekwondo Championships.

Hoss Rafaty has served as a special assistant to the WTF President since 2007 as well as President of the WTF International Foundation since 2008 and Chairman of the WTF Expansion Committee since 2009. As co-founder and President of Yumi Ice Cream Co., Hoss Rafaty will also bring extensive commercial business experience to his new role. He was awarded a taekwondo 3rd Dan by the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) before moving to the WTF.

Gabon To hosts 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Gabon named hosts of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

They beat Ghana and Algeria to the hosting rights of the 31st edition of Africa Cup of Nations.

CAF Pesident Issa Hayatou announce the winner on Wednesday, 8 April 2015 following votes by the CAF Executive Committee. Delegations of the bidding countries presented their bids to the CAF Executive Committee.

Issa Hayatou, photo credit fifa.com

Ghana hosted the tournament in 2008 while Algeria last hosted in 1990, Some Analyst had predicted that the North African Nation will get the nod ahead of the West Africa nations.

But this was not to be, as Gabon have now been awarded the hosting rights for AFCON 2017.

Gabon co-hosted the 2012 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations with neighbours, Equatorial Guinea.

Siasia Gingers Under 23 Team Ahead Gabon Clash

Head Coach of the Dream Team, Samson Siasia, has charged his wards to go all out for victory against their Gabonese counterparts in the first leg of the 11th All-Africa Games qualifying game to be played at the Stade Augustin Monedan a Sibang, Libreville on Saturday.

After breakfast on Friday, Siasia said that from the calibre of players at his disposal, he is not expecting less than outright victory. “Nigerians expect nothing short of victory from you guys. You guys should put in mind that you are the next generation of Super Eagles players, but for Nigerians to accept you as such, you must show that on the field of play. That is the only way that you can convince the nation that you have what it takes to take over.”

Siasia Samson credit fifa.com

Appealing to the players to play to instructions, the U-23 gaffer said, they should not bother about what the Gabonese have to throw at them, but to follow his instructions and the rest will be history, adding that they should not be expecting any favors from the match officials so should be brave.

Also on Friday, NFF’s Director of Technical, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme commended the players for the high level of discipline they have so far exhibited, remarking that the greatest undoing of their immediate predecessors was indiscipline.

He urged whoever is picked on Saturday to see the game as a war of pride that must be won for the nation, assuring that the NFF will always do everything within its limited resources to ensure the team is properly catered for in their pursuit of tickets to both the 11th All-Africa Games and Men’s Olympic Football Tournament of next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Siasia Picks 21 for Gabon

Former U-20 international Gero Abdullahi was the surprise exclusion from the 21 –man list released by the Head Coach of U-23 National Team Samson Siasia for this weekend’s All-Africa Games qualifying game against Gabon in Libreville.

Others who failed to make the team are Aminu Umar, who arrived late to camp and Warri Wolves’ forward Freedom Omofonma who also arrived camp late after his club’s CAF Confederation Cup game in Burkina Faso.

The list of 16 home boys and five overseas- based professionals are expected to depart the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday evening for Gabon aboard an Ethiopia Airline flight.

Siasia Samson credit fifa.com

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The 21 players for Gabon:

Goalkeepers: Daniel Emmanuel, Akande Abiodun

Defenders: Obanor Erhun, Okorom Stanley, Oduduwa Segun, Sani Faisal, Sincere Seth, Atanda Sodiq

Midfielders: Azubuike Okechukwu, Godwin Savior, Tiongoli Tonbara, Saliu Popoola, Oshobe Oladele, Mohammed Usman, Kingsley Sokari

Forwards: Etebo Oghenekaro, Ajayi Junior, Peter Onyekachi,‎ Iwobi Alex, Paul Onwachu

Siasia: We Must Show Greater Character In Second Match

Head Coach Samson Siasia has charged his U-23 National Team boys to show character and resilience when they take on the the U-23 National Team of Tunisia in a second international friendly match in Tunis on Wednesday.

“I don’t want to blame the players too much for the loss to the Tunisians in the first match on Saturday. Without appearing to be making excuses for them, we arrived in Tunis on Friday afternoon and immediately went to training but the weather did not help matters.

“Most of them were traveling outside the country for the first time and you can’t wish that away. The weather was a critical issue. However, in the first match, my assistants and I noticed a number of areas we need to improve on seriously before we can say we have a team.”

Siasia Samson credit fifa.com

The Dream Team lost 3-5 to the Olympic Eagles of Tunisia at the Stade el Menzah, with the Nigerian goals from Etim Emmanuel and Junior Ajayi, who hit a brace. The team created a hatful of chances in the second half, after the first half ended 3-3, but were undone by poor finishing.

“We thank the NFF for organizing these matches because they will really help us prepare for the qualifiers against Gabon, and other matches in the race to the All-Africa Games and the 2016 Olympics. We will try a number of other players in the second match and see how things work out,” Siasia said after Sunday’s training session at the Stade November 7 in Rades, outside Tunis.