Arsenal’s high scoring striker Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor became the 1st Togolese player to win the Confederation of African Football Player Of the Year. In an awards ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, Adebayor beat out Egypt & Al-Ahly midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika and Ghana & Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien for the honor. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images) Once again the […]
Award Winners
The final installment of the Award Winners series will feature the candidates for the African Player of the Year. The winner of the 2007 award went to Sevilla’s Mali striker Frédéric Kanouté. Kanouté was the 1st African P.O.Y. not to be born in Africa, but this year’s candidates & eventual winner were all born on the African […]
Part II of the Award Winners series focuses on South America and its Player Of The Year. Since 1986, Uruguayan newspaper El País has been the official selector of “Rey del Fútbol de América” (America’s King Of Football). Even though the award has been around since 1971. The 2 greatest of all time have won […]
We are coming up on that time of the year when the next three months we will dress up as someone or something, eat some turkey or some bird till we get fat, and open some presents from our families that we will probably return 2 weeks later. It is also the time when the […]
