Ndubuisi Egbo has emerged as the first Nigerian football manager to win a UEFA Champions League match after KF Tirana beat Georgia’s Dinamo Tbilisi 2-0 away in the first qualifying round.
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Elizabeth Ayanacho And Iyeneobong Essien Named Among Malala Fund 2020 Game Changers Series
Elizabeth Ayanacho and Iyeneobong Essien have been named on the Malala Fund 2020 Game Changers Series.
Established by the Malala Fund co-founded by student and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, the Game Changers series focuses on incredible female athletes while raising awareness about missing indigenous women, advocating for girls to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and speaking out for other para-athletes.
The 2020 Games Changers list comprises 30 female athletes selected from 24 countries and are described as “female athletes defying convention on and off the field around the world.”
Bright Osayi-Samuel Wins QPR Goal Of The Season Prize And Supporters’ Young Player Of The Year
Bright Osayi-Samuel has emerged winner of Queens Park Rangers’ (QPR) Goal of the Season prize and Supporters’ Young Player of the Year for the 2019/2020 season in the end-of-season awards.
Eberechi Eze also won three awards: Players’ Player of the Year, the Supporters’ Player of the Year and the club Player of the Year.
Frank Onyeka Voted FC Midtylland Player Of The Year [2019/2020]
Frank Onyeka has been voted as the player of the year at his Danish club FC Midtylland, which emerged league champions of the Danish Superliga in the 2019/2020 season.
22-year-old Frank Onyeka scored four goals and made two assists in 35 appearances in all competitions for FC Midtylland in the just concluded season.
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Ifunanya Ibekwe Voted University Of Arizona Women Basketball Best Player In The Last 10 Years
Ifunanya Ibekwe has been voted University Of Arizona Women Basketball best player in the last ten (10) years.
Ifunanya Ibekwe, who became the first ever basketballer to record 55 double-doubles, was announced winner after days of voting by fans across the world.
Benjamin Ebong And Augustina Unamba Win Freestyle UNLOCKED Africa 2020 [Nigeria]
Benjamin Ebong and Augustina Unamba have emerged winners in the male and female categories respectively of the 2020 Nigerian Freestyle Football Championship, which is part of the Freestyle UNLOCKED Africa 2020.
Benjamin Ebong and Augustina Unamba receive 150,000 Naira each.
The second place winners, the 2017 champion, McCarthy Obanor (Men) and the reigning African Women Champion, Evelyn Okafor (Women), each receive 100,000 Naira.
The 3rd Place winners Prince Okereke (Men) and Treasure Nwoye (Women) receive 50,000 Naira each.
In addition, the 4th to 8th finalists in both categories receive 20,000 Naira.
The 2020 Nigerian Freestyle Football Championship, which held online came to an end on July 25, 2020.
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Aruna Quadri And Bode Abiodun Assist Sporting CP To Win 37th Title In Portugal [Table Tennis]
Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun have assisted Sporting CP to win its 37th title in the Portuguese national league [Table Tennis].
Sporting CP won their fifth championship trophy in a row after beating GD Toledos 3-0 in the 2nd leg of the final held at the High-Performance Center of Vila Nova de Gaia, after repeating the same margin in the first leg on Saturday, July 4.