By Prince Zurbah ( Accra,Ghana) & Peterking Quaye – News monitored from Ghana’s capital revealed that Ivorian and Manchester City Star Yaya Toure has been crowned the 2011 African Footballer of the Year in a memorable ceremony at the Banquet Hall State House in Accra. Shout-Africa.com reporter explained that at the event Toure fended off challenge from Mali’s Seydou Keita and Ghana’s Andre Dede Ayew who won the second and third positions respectively. The 28-year-old Toure, whose elder brother Kolo also plays in the same Manchester City team, finished ahead of Marseille and Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew, and Barcelona and... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Reporter-Ghana – Liberia with it impressive performance on the African terrain this year at the WAFU Tournament could not still take anything from the CAF Award 2011, which was held yesterday in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. Liberia has therefore failed to get any football recognition coming to the end of the year. Apart from the LFA President ascendency to a WAFU position. The player award – which was won by Samuel Eto’o last year – is voted on by the head coaches of Africa’s national teams. The Women’s Footballer of the Year award was won by Nigeria’s Perpetua... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, Monrovia,Liberia ( Lead Sport Reporter ) – News coming from the Australian league has revealed that Liberian refugee Teeboy Kamara has signed a three-year contract with Adelaide United, a week after the 15-year-old made his debut in the first-team. Attacking midfielder Kamara, who is an Australian citizen, was part of the Australian squad at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico earlier this year. “The last eight months have been eight months of joy with what has happened with my football, but I’m definitely not going to get ahead of myself,” Kamara said. From kicking a ball... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – BBC has announced Ghana and Marseille winger Andre “Dede” Ayew as the BBC’s African Footballer of the Year for 2011. The 21-year-old took over a third of the votes to follow in the footsteps of his father, Abedi “Pele” Ayew, who won the inaugural BBC award in 1991. He will be honoured as BBC African Footballer of the Year 2011 in a short ceremony ahead of Marseille’s home game against Lorient on Saturday, on his 22nd birthday. At international level, Ayew has also played a key role in ensuring that the Black Stars qualified for the... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, Monrovia, Liberia – Ghanaian champions Berekum Chelsea have drawn Liberian side LISCR of next year’s CAF Champions League preliminary round qualifier. The Liberian team has not been in top form as they lost the 2011 President’s Cup some few days ago to LPRC –Oiler, after they started the tournament with an impressive score line. The question on the lips of many Liberian is will LISCR FC upset the Ghanaian Champions? Berekum Chelsea has also lost form after been piped by Kotoko in the Ghanaian premier league some few days ago. Whilst back in Liberia, the league has... Continue Reading
