<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane was named the 2022 African Player of the Year award Thursday, beating his former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Confederation of African Football announced the development in a statement. Read the statement:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Senegal’s star forward Sadio Mane has been named Africa’s Men’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2022, after leading the Teranga Lions to its maiden Africa Cup of Nations title, while Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala set a new record when she walked away with her fifth Women’s Player of the Year award.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was a highly successful night for Senegal, who were also named National Team of the Year, while their coach Aliou Cisse was named Africa’s Coach of the Year at a glittering function in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mane’s achievements and contributions:</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">i). He helped Senegal win the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations title and was named African Footballer of the Year in 2019.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">ii). He led Liverpool to win one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup, and one FIFA Club World Cup.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">iii). Mane has been one of the integral parts of Liverpool, helping the Reds win the 2019 Champions League title.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">iv). The 30-year-old also played a key role in the English club’s long-awaited Premier League title in 2020.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">2022 CAF Award Winners</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">1). Men’s Player of the Year: Sadio Mane (Senegal)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">2). Women’s Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">3). Men’s Coach of the Year: Aliou Cisse (Senegal)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">4). Women’s Coach of the Year: Desire Ellis (South Africa)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">5). National Team of the Year: Senegal’s Teranga Lions</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">6). Goal of the Year: Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">7). Men’s Club of the Year: Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">8). Women’s Club of the Year: Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">9). Men’s Interclub Player of the Year: Mohamed El Shennawy (Egypt)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.) Women’s Interclub Player of the Year: Evelyn Badu (Ghana)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">11). Women’s Young Player of the Year: Evelyn Badu (Ghana)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">12). Men’s Young Player of the Year: Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)</span></p>
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<h2><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pindula News</span></a></h2>


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FULL LIST: Sadio Mane Retains The CAF Men's Player Of The Year Award

<p>Real Madrid have signed David Alaba from Bayern Munich on a five-year deal that puts more speculation on Raphael Varane’s future.</p>
<p>Alaba joined the Bundesliga champions 13 years ago, made 431 appearances with the Bavarians and won 27 trophies with the club.</p>
<p>Alaba’s move was confirmed by the Spanish side on Friday but will be presented as a Real player after he finishes Austria’s Euro 2020 campaign.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The Austrian played a key role in Bayern winning yet another Bundesliga title this season, playing 32 out of their 34 league matches at centre-back.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Alaba, who can also play in central midfield and at left-back, has helped the Bavarian club win the last nine Bundesliga titles – while he also has two Champions League medals to his name, the most recent coming in 2020.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">He admitted earlier this month that leaving Bayern was a difficult decision but the Austrian ‘wants to move out of my comfort zone’. He said:</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><em>_Obviously, I’m leaving Bayern with a tear in my eye but also looking forward to my future at the same time._</em></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><em>_It wasn’t a decision against the club, but I decided I’d like to do something new and take another step forward._</em></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><em>_To grow, you have to leave your ‘comfort zone’ – and I deliberately put that word in quotation marks because it could possibly be misunderstood._</em></p>
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<p>Meanwhile, Alaba’s arrival at Real Madrid raises speculation over the future of current Los Blancos defender Raphael Varane, who has been strongly linked with a £60million exit from the club amid reports that Manchester United are keen to sign the French defender.</p>
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Real Madrid Sign David Alaba From Bayern

<p>FiveThirtyEight has ranked English Premier League (EPL) giants, Manchester City, as the best football club globally.</p>
<p>FiveThirtyEight, sometimes rendered as 538, is an American website that focuses on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging.</p>
<p>The ratings refer to the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/08/records-broken-manchester-city-beat-liverpool-at-anfield/">number of goals a club would be expected to score</a> against an average team on a neutral field and a defensive rating that represents the number of goals they would be expected to concede.</p>
<p>We present the top 40 club list below.</p>
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<li class="mol-para-with-font">Manchester City</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Bayern Munich</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Liverpool</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Barcelona</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Chelsea</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">PSG</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Real Madrid</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Atletico Madrid</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Olympiacos</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Ajax</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Atalanta</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Tottenham</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Leverkusen</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Inter Milan</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Juventus</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Valencia</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Porto</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Napoli</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Eibar</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">RB Leipzig</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Getafe</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">PAOK</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Sevilla</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">RB Salzburg</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Borussia Dortmund</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Everton</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Athletic Bilbao</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Arsenal</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Real Sociedad</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Benfica</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Leganes</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Hoffenheim</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Young Boys</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Manchester United</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Lyon</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Krasnodar</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">PSV</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Villarreal</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Real Betis</li>
<li class="mol-para-with-font">Leicester City</li>
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<p>Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain locking horns tonight in a UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon, Portugal.</p>
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<div>The two European giants have so far met eight times, all in the UEFA Champions League group stages – Paris SG have won five of those matches, with Bayern winning the other three, including the most recent game in December 2017.</div>
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<div>This is Paris Saint-Germain’s first-ever Champions League final, becoming the 41st team to reach the showpiece final.</div>
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<div>Bayern Munich have scored 42 goals in 10 games in this season’s UEFA Champions League, with only Barcelona in 1999/2000 scoring more in a single campaign (45), although they played 16 games that season.</div>
<div>Meanwhile, former Manchester United skipper, Wayne Rooney has said despite the depth of the Bayern Munich team, PSG’s duo, Neymar and Mbappe can hurt the Bavarians with their speed and skill.</div>
<div><strong>More: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/psg-vs-bayern-munich-champions-league-final-wayne-rooney-kylian-mbappe-neymar-a9684006.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Independent</a></strong></div>
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<p>Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich have finally signed Leroy Sane from Manchester City for about €45m (£40.9m) plus add-ons.</p>
<p>The 24-year old German international has for long been pushing for a return to Germany but clubs were not agreeing on costs and modalities.</p>
<p>Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola revealed recently that Sane had, for the past two years, been rejecting new contract offers by the club. Guardiola added:</p>
<blockquote><p>He wants to join another club. I don’t know if he will leave this summer or next summer when his contract expires.</p>
<p>He has special quality. We want players who want to play with the club to achieve targets. He is a nice guy and I love him so much. I have nothing against – but he wants another adventure.</p></blockquote>
<p>The current season is not one to remember for the left-footed winger as it was marred by injuries which saw him falling down the pecking order at City.</p>
<p>The injuries also blocked his move to the Bavarians last summer</p>
<p>Sané joined the Citizens from Schalke 04 in 2016 and went on to win two Premier League titles, one FA Cup and two League Cups with the club and appeared 135 for City scoring 39 goals.</p>
<p>He is now to partner Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry in the Bavarians’ front.</p>
<p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/30/bayern-munich-strike-deal-to-sign-leroy-sane-from-manchester-city-for-41m" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></strong></p>
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Bayern Munich Sign Manchester City Forward

<p>Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said that the club’s forward, Leroy Sane has rejected a new contract offer from the club an indication that he no longer wants to stay at the club.</p>
<p>Speaking ahead of the Monday visit of Burnley, the Spanish international said Sane has been engaged in talks with the club for a possible new contract for the past two years and results have been frustrating. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Leroy said he doesn’t want to extend the contract so it means he wants to leave and it is going to happen this summer or when he is out of contract.</p>
<p>The club have talked to me, they’ve offered two or three times to extend his contract, he rejected so it means he wants to play in another club.</p>
<p>If, at the end of this season, we arrive at an agreement with another club, he is going to leave.</p></blockquote>
<p>The 24-year-old German international has been linked with a move to Bayern Munich with reports suggesting that the Bavarians have since contacted City over the possible move.</p>
<p>City are reportedly are demanding £62m for the winger they signed from Schalke in 2016 for £37m. Sane has not been getting enough game time at City.</p>
<p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/12010380/leroy-sane-to-leave-manchester-city-says-pep-guardiola">SkySports</a></strong></p>
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"Leroy Sane Rejects New Contract Offer By Manchester City" - Pep Guardiola

<p>UEFA Champions League returned to action on Tuesday 5 November. Below are the results for matches played last night.</p>
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<li><strong>Liverpool 2-1 Genk</strong></li>
<li><strong>Napoli 1-1 Red Bull</strong></li>
<li><strong>Valencia 4 – 1 Lille</strong></li>
<li><strong>Lyon 3-1 Benfica</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Dortmund 3-2 Inter Milan</strong></li>
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<p><strong>Below are matches to be played tonight 6 November.</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Bayern Munich hosts Olympiacos</strong> 1955</li>
<li><strong>Lokomotiv Moscow v Juventus</strong> 1955</li>
<li><strong>Crvena Zvezda vs Tottenham</strong> 2200</li>
<li><strong>Bayer vs Atlético Madrid</strong> 2200</li>
<li><strong>PSG vs Club Brugge</strong> 2200</li>
<li><strong>Atalanta vs Manchester City</strong> 2200</li>
<li><strong>Dinamo Zagreb vs Shakhtar Donetsk</strong> 2200</li>
<li><strong>Real Madrid vs Galatasaray</strong> 2200</li>
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