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AFCON 2023: Troost-Ekong Wins Player Of The Tournament Award
William Troost-Ekong has won the Player of the Tournament award at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, reports Completesports.com.
The centre-back won the award following his impressive displays for the Super Eagles at the AFCON 2023 finals.
Troost-Ekong scored three goals in six appearances for Nigeria in the competition.
The 30-year-old impressed in all the games he played for Nigeria in Cote d’Ivoire.
The Super Eagles lost 2-1 to hosts Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition.
Equatorial Guinea forward, Emilio Nsue won the top scorer award.
Nsue scored five goals in the competition.
South Africa’s Rowen Williams won the Goalkeeper of the Tournament award.
Brighton & Hove Albion winger, Simon Adingra was named the Young Player of the Tournament award.
Emerse Fae of Cote d’Ivoire was named Coach of the Tournament.
Newcastle on Sunday pummeled Manchester United 4-1.
Newcastle to chance as they dealt a terrible blow on former league toppers.
Arsenal draw Brentford as hope of making it to the top continues to dwindle.
Arsenal after a superlative display against Real Madrid could not pull a win against Brentford at Emirates.
Most popular ex-captain and head coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, is dead.
He was 74.
The football legend reportedly passed away in the early hours of Saturday though the exact circumstances surrounding the situation remain unclear as of the time of filing this report.
His longtime teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development.
Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: ‘I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, “Chairman” Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s history, has passed on’.
Born 4 January 1951, Chukwu had an illustrious career with Rangers captaining them to many laurels on the domestic football scene and led the Flying Antelopes to continental glory by winning the now rested African Cup Winners Cup in 1977.
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