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Star Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rejected English Premier League overtures as he celebrated winning the African player of the year award. The Gabonese, who is the leading Bundesliga scorer this season, was reduced to tears after stopping Yaya Toure

Gabon and Borussia Dortmund forward, Pierre Eric Aubameyang was announced the 2015 African Player of the Year at the just concluded Glo-CAF awards ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria. Aubameyang emerged as winner, thanks to votes from head coaches/technical directors of

Watford striker Odion Ighalo would find it hard to say no if Manchester United made an approach for his services, but has played down the prospect of leaving Vicarage Road this month. Ighalo has been one of the standout performers

A top shot of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Abubakar, has been shot dead. This was disclosed by the NFF on its Twitter handle. Abubakar, the NFF’s Head of Protocol, was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday. His

Basel midfielder Mohamed Elneny is having a medical with Arsenal, according to the former assistant coach of the Egypt national side. Several reports in England have claimed that the 23-year-old has already agreed personal terms on a four-and-a-half-year contract and

Goal readers have voted Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin as their best right-back of the season so far. The Spain Under-21 international has dislodged out-of-favour Mathieu Debuchy to become a mainstay in Arsene Wenger’s back four, making 37 appearances for the

It is the stuff of dreams for any player to join Barcelona. Yet within hours of signing for the club’s reserve team, forward Sergi Guardiola was sacked after officials were alerted to “offensive tweets” he had posted two years ago

Chelsea are in talks with Major League Soccer franchise Montreal Impact over the future of striker Didier Drogba. Montreal say Drogba has expressed a “desire to help” his old club. “We understand his attachment, but our objective is to have

It’s now official: Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich as head coach at the end of the season and be replaced by Carlos Ancelotti. Club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the newspaper Bild on Sunday about the summer change in the

Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins, will no longer count as a foreigner for Seattle Sounders after he secured a United States citizenship. Martins obtained the Green Card at some point this year and this was confirmed when the Major League