by FSL News | 3 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has tested positive for coronavirus following his return to Italy, the Serie A club has confirmed.
The Nigeria International forward returned to Naples on Thursday and was subjected to the compulsory coronavirus PCR Test.
Napoli says their striker Osimhen returned positive and they confirmed that the Nigeria international is currently asymptomatic and has not come into contact with the rest of the players in the squad.
The Serie A club announced the signing of Osimhen on 31 July 2020, for a club-record fee of €70 million potentially rising to €80 million with add-ons, making him the most expensive African transfer to date.
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by FSL News | 24 Dec, 2020 | African News, Sport News
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The reigning Austrian top-flight champions have thrown their weight behind the African stars, who were tested positive for banned substances.
Austrian Bundesliga giants Red Bull Salzburg say that Mali internationals Mohamed Camara and Sekou Koita have returned positive for banned substances.
Having featured for the Eagles in November’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Namibia, upon their return, both were tested positive for a substance used for treating altitude sickness, which the players’ claim was ordered by the medical staff of the Mali national team.
RB Salzburg maintained that they will cooperate with UEFA and relevant authorities to “obtain a full explanation of events in Mali”.
Despite being “very proud when our players are called up to their national teams,” Salzburg’s general manager, Stephan Reiter, said that he expected “that medical work will conform to international standards, with doctors who are familiar with the rules.”
Thomas Hollerer, the general secretary of the Austrian Football Association, added that the association was in touch with “all stakeholders.”
“If Uefa takes additional measures, the association and the club will be informed,” Hollerer said.
Both players, who featured for the West African team during the 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations, grew through the club’s ranks before their promotion to the A team in 2019.
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by FSL News | 19 Dec, 2020 | African News, Sport News
- Cameroonian-born Borussia Dortmund’s striker Youssoufa Moukoko has become the youngest goalscorer in the German top-tier, Bundesliga.
- Moukoko, 16, came off the bench for Erling Haaland to register his goal in the 60th minute in their 2-1 defeat away to Union Berlin on Friday.
His goal means Moukoko became the youngest goalscorer at the age of 16 years in the German top-tier.
Moukoko achieved the feat, but Dortmund suffered a shock dent in their title chase.
He broke Florian Wirtz’s record which was set six months ago at the age 17 years and 34 days old at the time when he registered a goal for Leverkusen towards the end of the 2019-20 season.
Goals from Hertha Berlin’s Taiwo Awoniyi and Marvin Friedrich in the 57th and 78th minutes respectively were enough to sink Dortmund.
Background
Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Moukoko has represented the German U16 national team in a 3-1 win over Austria on 11 September 2017 two days later, in his second match against the same opponent, he scored both goals for Germany in a 2–1 victory.
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by FSL News | 13 Dec, 2020 | African News, Sport News
- Just two weeks after the death of teammate Anele Ngcongca, who passed in a similar circumstance, Mamelodi Sundowns defender Motjeka Madisha has died after a motor vehicle accident Sunday early hours.
The 25-year-old defender formed part of Pitso Mosimane’s historic Mamelodi Sundowns side.
He earned 13 caps for the South Africa national team between 2015 and 2020, scoring once.
The former Highlands Park defender earned over 130 appearances for Mamelodi Sundowns while winning three league titles, the Telkom Knockout, the Nedbank Cup, the CAF Champions League and Super Cup.
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by FSL News | 10 Dec, 2020 | African News, Sport News
- With no more games to play this year, the Sierra Leone senior A team have ended 2020 as the 116th best-ranked team, according to the final Fifa’s world ranking announced Thursday, December 10th.
- The Leone Stars moved four places up from 120th to 116th in November after they stunned Nigeria in their matchday three and four of the ongoing African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Coming from four goals down to level things at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City has dubbed as one of the best comebacks in African football in recent years.
The Super Eagles were unable to retaliate the result as both teams played to a barren draw in Freetown in the rematch.
As a result, they moved to third in Group L in the race to reach Cameroon in the next continental showpiece.
However, out of their last six matches in all competitive competition, Sierra Leone only managed one win.
Their only victory came against Liberia in the CAF 2022 World Cup qualifier in Freetown last, but they were eliminated 3-2 on aggregate.
In Africa, Sierra Leone static as the 29th best not what many soccer fans expecting for a nation that football has been like a religion. Burundi the biggest climbers in terms of places gained whereas Group L leaders Nigeria unmoved in 35th places.
Senegal top the continental ranking and 20th in the world with 1558 points, while the Carthage Eagles are 26th in the world and second in Africa after gathering 1503 points.
Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso completed the top ten.
Top of the global ranking for the third consecutive years Belgium with Hungary ended as the most improved side’ after amassed extra 44-points.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 18 February 2021.
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by FSL News | 28 Nov, 2020 | African News, Sport News
- A top-class strike from Mohamed Magdy in the 87th-minute was enough to seal a 2-1 Al Ahly victory over Cairo rivals Zamalek in the first-ever one-legged African Champions League final behind closed doors.
Following a delay to the 2020 edition of the competition due of Covid-19, Magdy’s decided settled an entertaining match at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday.
Amr El Solia scored Pitso Mosimane’s side opener in the 5th-minute only for Shikabala to cancel that out before half-time with another top-class effort.
The victory means Al Ahly extended their African Champions League accolade to ninth.
South African Pitso Mosimane, becomes just the third coach to win the title with two different clubs and his second after guided Mamelodi Sundowns to the title in 2016.
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