stars in Europe - Everton may seek to extend Lacina Traore's stay

Everton are open to extending Lacina Traore's loan spell despite the Ivorian's injury-ravaged time at the club since he joined from Monaco.

26 Apr 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - COACHES - Uganda coach Sredojevic targets 2015 Nations Cup finals

Sredojevic is scheduled to name his squad on 30 April and would not be drawn on who he may include. 

25 Apr 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - MOROCCO - COACH - Herve Renard plays down links to position

Sochaux coach Herve Renard has distanced himself from reports he could become the next coach of Morocco.

24 Apr 2014
stars in Europe - Nathan Sinkala keen to stay on at Sochaux

Zambia midfielder Nathan Sinkala hopes to stay at Sochaux beyond the end of his loan from TP Mazembe.

23 Apr 2014
stars in Europe - Ghana midfielder Jordan Ayew is focussed on Sochaux

Jordan Ayew is the son of Ghana great Abedi Pele and has so far won 11 caps and scored two goals for the Black Stars. Ayew has scored three goals for Sochaux since he joined from Marseille on loan in January and knows playing well for his club can only help his chances of getting into the Black Stars' squad for Brazil. 

22 Apr 2014
2015 Africa Cup qualifiers - Mauritania go through to next round

Mauritania coach Patrice Neveu said the tactics he put in place paid off. "We came to get the qualification and we knew we should not defend"

21 Apr 2014
2015 Africa Cup qualifiers - Mauritius sure of beating Mauritania

The islanders' coach Akbar Patel has three new faces in his squad for the match after they missed last week's first leg loss in Nouakchott.

20 Apr 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - ETHIOPIA - COACH - deal agreed with Portuguese Barreto

The former Ghana coach will be unveiled on Tuesday according to EFF president Juinedi Basha.

19 Apr 2014
stars in Europe - Nabil Bentaleb tipped to star for Algeria

Tottenham youngster Nabil Bentaleb has the ability to become one of the stars of the Algeria team, says fellow international Adlene Guedioura.

18 Apr 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - SOUTH AFRICA - COACH - Gordon Igesund cleared of wrongdoing after FA inquiry

The 57-year-old, who has been in charge of South Africa since 2012, had always strongly denied the claims. He is now free to see out his contract, which is due to end in June

17 Apr 2014

CAF AWARDS 2015 - player of the year - 10 names on award shortlist

Yaya Toure

 

Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure is in contention to win the Confederation of African Football player of the year award for a fifth consecutive year.

Toure is one of 10 men on the 2015 shortlist revealed by CAF on Monday.

The 32-year-old Manchester City player first won the title in 2011 and another would give him a record fifth award, one more than Samuel Eto'o.

Also on the list are England-based pair Ghana forward Andre Ayew and Senegal midfielder Sadio Mane.

The winner will be decided by votes of the coaches or technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF.

An awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Toure led Ivory Coast to Africa Cup of Nations glory at the start of the year, helping his country put behind them years of narrowly failing to win their second title.

Ayew moved to English Premier League club Swansea in June and has been a star performer, scoring five league goals in 11 performances.

Fellow nominee Borussia Dortmund's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been outstanding for his German club, hitting 17 goals in 14 games this season.

Also on the list is current BBC African Footballer of the Year Yacine Brahimi. 

The Algeria international plays his club football in Portugal for Porto.

 

CAF shortlist:

Andre Ayew 
(Ghana & Swansea)

Aymen Abdennour 
(Tunisia & Valencia)

Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim 'Karika' 
(Sudan & El Hilal)

Mohamed Salah 
(Egypt & Roma)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
(Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)

Sadio Mane 
(Senegal & Southampton)

Serge Aurier 
(Cote d'Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)

Sofiane Feghouli 
(Algeria & Valencia)

Yacine Brahimi 
(Algeria & Porto)

Yaya Toure
(Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester City)

 

 

 

 

4 Nov 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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