Tag: mohamed salah
AFRICAN CONNECTION: Keita Thrives in Sync with Mane & Salah
Come January 7, 2020 at the CAF Awards, two Liverpool players will be on stage when the biggest prize of the night, for the...
BALLON D’OR WOES: Is Africa Voting ‘Right’?
From ear to ear, Lionel Messi's grin stretched. In his hands, the Ballon d'Or -- football's most coveted individual laurel and the sixth of...
KINGS OF THE NORTH: Mahrez & Salah Threatening West African PL...
Into the fabric of Premier League football, African brilliance is intricately woven.
Some of that has come from the continent's
southern parts -- think Peter...
MEMO SENT: Mane Serves CAF Player of the Year Reminder
Monday saw Sadio Mane finish fourth in the 2019 Ballon d'Or rankings -- the highest for an African since Didier Drogba a dozen years...
AFRICA FOR THE BALLON D’OR?: Closer Than You Think
When the Ballon d'Or was first opened up to players who originate outside Europe, an African -- George Weah -- was the first to...
BALLON D’OR: Africa’s Best in the Last Decade
Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi was -- not unexpectedly -- named winner of a record sixth Ballon d'Or last night in Paris, flanked...
WIN TO LOSE: Liverpool Could Pay Cost Of Premier League Glory
Eight points clear of reigning champions Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League table -- even with seven months and 30...
FIX IT: Liverpool Can’t Shrug Off Mane-Salah Row
An angry Sadio Mane isn't a sight one sees every day. Usually the
Senegalese plays with a pearly smile that breaks through his sweaty dark...
BETTER HALF: Matip Catches Up With Van Dijk & Co.
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are not the only Africans at Liverpool but, until recently, you'd almost have thought they were.
Between them, the two...
SASCHA EMPACHER: The Super-Manager Making Giant Strides in Africa
On a rainy day in April 2015 that found me working in
the office, a nice-looking white man popped in with striking looks and blond
hair. He...
