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December 23, 2019 Saka undecided over international future
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Saka undecided over international future

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, who is eligible to play for both Nigeria and England, says he is weighing up his international options but will not rush his decision.

“I am always thinking about it but I haven’t made a decision yet,” the 18-year-old told BBC Sport.

Saka, born to Nigerian parents, has so far represented England at the youth level.

The Arsenal youth academy graduate said neither England nor Nigeria had so far approached him about his senior international future.

“No-one has been in touch but when I make a decision, you will find out,” said Saka.

The talented winger is having a breakthrough season with Arsenal.

He made his Premier League debut at the age of 17 – making history in the process when he became the first footballer born in 2001 to play in the Premier League.

The young Arsenal star paid tribute to former Gunners coach Unai Emery for giving him his chance.

“I have a lot of thanks to give him because he gave me so much confidence, he gave me my debut and he kept pushing me. I am grateful to him always.

Now, Saka says he is focused on the future with Arsenal’s newly appointed manager, Mikel Arteta.

December 23, 2019 NPFL RoundUp: Plateau win to stay top
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NPFL RoundUp: Plateau win to stay top

Plateau UNITED continued their dominance in the Nigeria Professional Football League, defeating visiting Warri Wolves 1-0 at the New Jos Stadium on Sunday to stay top.

Uche Onwuasoanya came to the rescue of the Tin City boys, capitalising on a defensive lapse by the visitors to slot in the winner in the 90th minute

Plateau remain top with 21 points from 10 games, three ahead of second placed Lobi Stars who defeated Katsina United 1-0 at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi. Samad Kadiri scored Lobi’s only goal in the 73rd minute.

Kwara United also secured a 1-0 victory over Enugu Rangers in Ilorin thanks to an 89th minute strike from Christopher Nwanze.

Elsewhere, Mustapha Musa scored an 89th minute goal to help Kano Pillars seal a 1-0 win over FC IfeanyiUbah.

In Port Harcourt, Rivers United came from a goal down to beat Sunshine Stars 2-1.

Timileyin Ogunninyi’s early goal for the Owena Whales was cancelled out by strikes by Peter Ubakanma and Konan N’Gouan.

MFM FC also saw the better of Adamawa United at the Soccer Temple, Agege, winning 2-0 courtesy of goals from Adeniji Adewole and Adeyinka Najeem,

Akwa United were the only away winners, defeating local rivals Dakkada FC 1-0 in Uyo.

Wikki Tourists played a 1-1 draw against visiting Abia Warriors, same as Jigawa Golden Stars against Enyimba FC. Dakkada and Enyimba occupy the third and fourth positions with 16 and 15 points respectively, but Enyimba also have a game in hand.

In Lafia, Abubakar Lawal’s lone goal secured  1-0 victory for Nasarawa United over Heartland.

Nasarawa sit on the bottom of the log with five points, one behind Rangers, who are 19th but with two games in hand.

Kwara and Adamawa are 18th and 17th respectively with 10 points but Adamawa have a superior goal difference.

December 23, 2019 African Player of the Year: premier league’s final three
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African Player of the Year: premier league’s final three

The three-man shortlist which was released by the Confederation of African Football on Sunday, has Senegal’s Sadio Mane, who plays for Liverpool, his clubmate Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez.

The list was pruned down from the 10-man shortlist which was released by CAF on December 10.

Shortlists for other categories were also reduced to three each.

The shortlist of top three nominees for each award category was reached following votes from a CAF Technical & Development Committee and a panel of media experts with emphasis on the nominees’ performance during the year under review, 2019.

“It also included votes from a select panel of CAF Legends, made up of former winners of the prestigious African Player of the Year award. The legends took part in the voting process for the Player of the Year (Men & Women),” CAF said on its website.

Super Eagles duo of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze will slug it out with Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi for the African Youth Player of the Year award.

Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala makes the Women’s Player of  The Year shortlist, which also has Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout and Thembi Kgatlana from South Africa.

Former Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby is in contention for the Women’s Coach of the Year award, after being shortlisted alongside Cameroon’s Alain Djeumfa and Desiree Ellis from South Africa, while the Falcons are also among the final three shortlist for the Women’s National Team of The Year award.

Winners of the player of the year (men and women) and male and female coach of the year will be determined by votes from coaches, technical directors and captains of senior national teams from CAF member associations.

Winners of each category will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on January 7, 2020 at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt.

December 23, 2019 Ajagba knocks out Kiladze
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Ajagba knocks out Kiladze

Efe Ajagba further boosted his growing reputation with a fifth-round knockout of his opponent Kiladze at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.

Ajagba knocked down Kiladze twice in the fight, first in the second round and then again in the fifth.

It was a win that came after Ajagba got up from the canvas following a knockout in the third round. It was a knockdown that came in a highly unusual sequence.

A powerful right hand from Ajagba had wobbled Kiladze badly in the final minute of the third and the Nigerian backed away thinking his opponent would go down.

But Kiladze remained on his feet and landed a punch with his right hand on Ajagba and for the first time in his professional career, the Nigerian went down. He, however, wasn’t badly hurt and beat referee Thomas Taylor’s count to continue the fight.

Ajagba continued his dominance and knocked out Kiladze in the fifth round. The Georgia native, however, beat Taylor’s count to continue the fight but the referee stopped their scheduled 10-rounder at 2:09 of the fifth round as Ajabga continued to land numerous punches to his opponent which made Kiladze’s trainer throw in the towel.

Ajagba, a 2016 Nigerian Olympian now has a 12-fight winning run with 10 knockouts.

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