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Votes Collated from fans across the world, gives the 25-year-old Algerian winner of BBC Africa footballer of the year over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure. Mahrez says the honour means a lot to him and described it as one big award for African players. “It’s always good to receive awards and for African players, it’s a huge honour. To all the fans, thank you very much,” he told BBC. The player also extended his appreciation his family and Algeria fans whom he dedicated the honour to.

Nigerian Olympic male football team the dream team after all the delays and frustrations in Atlanta, , on Friday, eventually beat the Japanese U-23 side 5 goals to 4, in a match which held at the Manaus Stadium, in Brazil.

Nigeria's Olympic football team has being delayed due to their plane too small they will arrive few hours before their opening Rio 2016 match , this is not a cheering news. They been held up in Atlanta, USA, because of a problem with their flight payment. According to BBC Sport team media officer "The players were uncomfortable with the size of the plane," He said they would leave on a bigger plane and arrive in time for kick-off against Japan (01:00 GMT Friday). "The [Nigerian] government stepped in," he added. "The players have been assured of adequate medical care on the plane. It's been challenging but most importantly we will be ready for the first game." Their flight is set to depart at 1200GMT for the seven-hour flight to Manaus, where their Group B opener kicks off just 13 hours later. The squad had originally been stranded in Atlanta because of a problem that seemed to be caused by money having to go through different bank accounts and ...

Euro 2016 win, Cristiano Ronaldo has splashed the cash on a £1.7million Bugatti Veyron after the win. Cristiano Ronaldo, who lifted the trophy in Paris last weekend despite missing the majority of the final through injury, documented the car's arrival on his Instagram account. Alongside a picture of the car, he wrote: "The animal arrive." The car has been delivered to his home in Madrid, while Ronaldo remains on holiday in Ibiza, but the 31-year-old had a message for the luxurious motor as he wrote: "Soon your honor [will] arrive." With a top speed of 255mph, the Bugatti Veyron is the fastest legal road car ever made.

Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in soccer, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. Warner, 72, was one of 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives who were indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments. In the latest twist in the corruption scandal, Swiss authorities said last week they were investigating FIFA President Sepp Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.