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Sunday, June 18, 2023

THESE NINE (9) BLACK WOMEN ARE MAKING HISTORY IN ATHLETICS

 9. FALYN FONOIMOANA



Falyn Fonoimoana is a professional American volleyball player who plays the receiving attacking position. Kindly like and follow let look at this. You will love it

Falyn Fonoimoana is a dominant blocker, explosive attacker, loud cheerer who is raising her young son, trying to navigate the theorny matters of race and racism.

The volleyball player’s banging body has been at the center of many discussions. Spectators find it difficult to fixate their eyes on the ball whenever she’s playing, and she knows just that.

“I’m Black, and I have a big butt, and I’m thicker than everybody else.



Me coming out there and being confident in a bathing suit, even when I started in the AVP my first year, I heard people talk about me as I walked in, saying, ‘Who does she think she is?’ And, ‘She should be more covered up.’



8. FATIMA DIAME


Fátima Diame Diame (born 22 September 1996) is a Spanish athlete specializing in the long jump and triple jump.  At the age of 17, she became the Spanish national indoor champion in both the long jump and the 60 meters.

Diame was trained at Valencia's Esports Academy and made her professional debut in 2013 at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk. In 2015, she won a bronze medal in Long jump at the European Junior Championships which took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

She followed up her success in Sweden by winning a gold medal in 2018 at the Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships in Jesolo, Italy jumping at a record 13.82m. That same year, she further won two bronze medals: one at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain and the other at the Ibero American Championships in Trujillo, Peru.

The highlight of Diame's career came in summer of 2021, when she represented Spain at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She finished in 21st place.

In 2022, Diame won gold medal at the Spanish Indoors Championships.


7. SIMONE BILES


Simone Biles Owens  (born Simone Arianne Biles; March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast and is the equal ninth-most overall. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in the history of the Gymnastics World Championships, and is considered by many sources to be the greatest gymnast of all time. In 2022, Biles was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Biles won individual gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor; bronze on balance beam; and gold as part of the United States team, dubbed the "Final Five".  At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Biles was favored to win at least four of the six available gold medals, she withdrew from most of the competition due to struggles with "the twisties", a temporary loss of air balance awareness. She ultimately won a silver medal with the US team and a bronze medal on the balance beam. Her partial withdrawal, focus on safety, mental health, and perseverance were praised. She is also a five-time World all-around champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019), five-time World floor exercise champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019), three-time World balance beam champion (2014–2015, 2019), two-time World vault champion (2018–2019), a seven-time United States national all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019, 2021), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.


6. KHADDI SAGNIA


Khadijatou "Khaddi" Victoria Sagnia (born 20 April 1994) is a Swedish track and field athlete specialising in the long jump. Her personal bests in the event are 6.95 metres outdoors (Diamond League Nike Prefontaine Classic – Eugene, Oregon USA 2022) and 6.92 metres indoors (Glasgow 2018). She competes for Ullevi FK.

 

In 2021, Sagnia won the bronze medal in the long jump event at the European Indoors Championships in Torun, Poland with a leap of 6.75m. This was her first podium finish at the senior level. She won the gold medal in triple jump at the Youth Olympics in 2010. She has competed as a long jumper at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympic Games.


Sagnia was very much into sports, participating in football, basketball, handball and even taekwondo. In 2010, she competed at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where she won the gold medal in the triple jump final.

Following her success at the Youth Olympic Games, she took part at the World Youth Championships in Lille, France. However, she tore her ACL in her knee and was sidelined for two years.




5. GABBY DOUGLAS


Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995 is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five" by the media, respectively. She was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and the 2015 World Championships.

 

Douglas is the first African American to become the Olympic individual all-around champion, and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. She was also the 2016 AT&T American Cup all-around champion.

 

As a public figure, Douglas' gymnastics successes have led to her life story adaptation in the 2014 Lifetime biopic film, The Gabby Douglas Story,  as well as the acquisition of her own reality television series, Douglas Family Gold. Douglas has also written a book about her life and what it takes to be an Olympic gold medalist by determination and perseverance.

Douglas was born in Newport News, Virginia and grew up in nearby Virginia Beach, to parents Timothy Douglas and Natalie Hawkins-Douglas. She has two older sisters, Arielle and Joyelle, and one older brother, Johnathan. She began training in gymnastics at age six when her sister convinced their mother to enroll her in classes. In October 2002, she began her training at Gymstrada.

Douglas is Christian; she said, "I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent",


4. NZINGHA PRESCOD


Nzingha Prescod (born August 14, 1992) is an American foil fencer, World Champion in foil at the 2008 and 2009 Cadet World Cups, bronze medalist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships, three-time medalist at the Pan American Games, and two-time Olympian.  She has ranked as high as world # 5. Prescod was selected as an athlete director on the USA Fencing Board of Directors beginning in January 2021.

Prescod is a daughter of Marva Prescod and Homer Richardson, was born in New York City, and was named after Nzingha Mbande (a 17th century queen in what is now Angola, who fought against colonization by the Portuguese Empire).


Prescod graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 2010. She graduated from Columbia University in 2015, majoring in Political Science, and fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team.  Fencing for Columbia, in 2010-11 she was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and First-Team All-Ivy League.[6] She took the following year off to train for the Olympics. In 2012-13 she was again All-Ivy. In her Columbia career, she was 117-19 in foil bouts.

She was World Champion in foil at the 2008 and 2009 Cadet World Cups.  Prescod placed third in women’s foil at the 2011 Pan American Championships. In 2013, Prescod became the first US women’s foil fencer to win a Grand Prix title when she won the gold medal at the Marseilla Foil Grand Prix in France. She finished third in the Division I Women's Foil at the 2015 January NAC.


3. NNEKA OGWUMIKE


Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" born July 2, 1990) is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA draft. Soon after being drafted, Ogwumike signed an endorsement deal with Nike. She is the older sister of Chiney Ogwumike, who also plays for the Sparks. Ogwumike was named WNBA MVP for the 2016 WNBA season and won the WNBA Finals the same year[2] She was named to The W25 the league's list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years, in 2021.


She also plays for Dynamo Kursk of Russia[4][5] Her name "Nneka" means "Mother is Supreme" in the Igbo language of Nigeria - where her family hails from. She is 6'2" and plays power forward. She attended Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas and led them to a 5A State Championship in her senior season. While at Stanford University she helped the Cardinal reach the Final Four four times. Ogwumike was elected President of the WNBA Players Association in 2016 and was re-elected to a new three-year term in 2019.

Ogwumike was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2008 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 17 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, and earned MVP honors for the White team. She averaged 16.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 0.8 blocks per game during the 2007–08 season at Cy-Fair High School.


2. KHAMICA BINGHAM


Khamica Bingham (born June 15, 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres. She has represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in Athletics.

 Bingham was born on June 15, 1994 in North York, Ontario.  As a high schooler, she attended Heart Lake Secondary School.[2] Originally a national-level gymnast, she switched to track due to the financial burden to her family of staying in her first sport.

In July 2012 she competed in the 100m at 14th IAAF World Junior Championships, placing 4th. She became part of the national record women's 4 × 100 m relay team along with Kimberly Hyacinthe, Crystal Emmanuel and Shai-Anne Davis.

In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.


1S1. SHELLY ANN


Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time.

One of the most enduring track athletes in history, Fraser-Pryce’s career spans over a decade and a half, from the late 2000s to the 2020s. Her success on the track, including her consistency at major championships, helped to usher in the golden age of Jamaican sprinting. In the 100 m, her signature event, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and a five-time world champion. In the 200 m, she has won gold and silver at the World Athletics Championships, as well as an Olympic silver medal.

An eight-time Olympic medallist, she rose from relative obscurity at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Caribbean woman to win gold in the 100 m. At the 2012 London Olympics, she became the third woman in history to defend an Olympic 100 m title. After injury affected her season, she won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Thirteen years after her first Olympic win, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first athlete to medal in the 100 m at four consecutive Olympic Games.


At the biennial World Athletics Championships, Fraser-Pryce is one of the most decorated athletes in history, winning ten gold and four silver medals. She is the only sprinter to win five world titles in the 100 m—in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2022. Her win in 2019 made her the first mother in 24 years to claim a global 100 m title, while her win in 2022 at age 35 made her the oldest sprinter ever to become world champion. In 2013, she became the first woman to sweep the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m at the same World Championship, and was voted the IAAF World Athlete of the Year. She also won the 60 m world indoor title in 2014, becoming the first ever female athlete to hold world titles in all four sprint events at the same time.


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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

(VIDEO) THE WORST RACISM MOMENT IN FOOTBALL

 

Racism in football is a significant issue that has been present for many years. It involves discrimination against players, coaches, and fans based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality. Racism can take many forms, including verbal abuse, physical violence, and exclusion from opportunities.

In recent years, there have been several high-profile incidents of racism in football, including players being subjected to racial slurs and fans making racist chants. These incidents have led to calls for greater action to be taken to address the issue.

Football governing bodies, such as FIFA and UEFA, have implemented various measures to combat racism in football


Friday, June 09, 2023

(VIDEO) THE MOST SKILLFUL PLAYER IN FOOTBALL

 

In this video, we're going to take a look at Ronaldinho, considered by many to be the most skillful footballer in the world. We'll explore his career, his techniques, and his achievements.

If you're a fan of football (or just want to know more about one of the world's greatest players) then this video is for you! By the end, you'll have a better understanding of what makes Ronaldinho such a success on the field.



Saturday, May 27, 2023

RICHEST AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS IN 2023 AND THEIR NET WORTH



BELOW ARE THE TOP 10 RICHEST AFRICAN PLAYERS AND THEIR NETWORTH

10. NWANKWO KANU

Full name: Nwankwo Kanu

Date of birth: 1st August 1976

Age: 46 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Owerri, Nigeria

Nationality: Nigerian

NET WORTH: $9 MILLION

Nwankwo Kanu  is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth

Nwankwo Kanu started his career in 1992 for Iwuanyanwu Nationale. He started playing for his home country's national team in 1993. The same year, he was signed by the Dutch team Eredivisie AFC Ajax. He played for Arsenal from 1999 to 2004 and West Bromwich Albion from 2004 to 2006. He finished his career in 2012 at Portsmouth. Nwankwo Kanu's net worth is $9 million dollars.




9. KOLO ABIB TOURÉ

Full name: Kolo Abib Touré

Date of birth: 19th March 1981

Age: 41 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire

Nationality: Ivorian

Teams: Manchester, Liverpool, Celctic, and Arsenal


Net worth: $10.5 million

Kolo Abib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player. He most recently managed Championship side Wigan Athletic. He previously served as a first team coach at Leicester City and is currently an assistant coach for the Ivory Coast national team.

Kolo Abib Touré is one of the richest African footballers in 2023. Kolo Abib Touré's net worth of $10.5 million is quite impressive. The former athlete played as a defender for Manchester City, Arsenal, Celtic, Liverpool, and the Ivory Coast national team.



8. SADIO MANÉ

Full name: Sadio Mané

Date of birth: 10th April 1992

Age: 30 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Bambali, Senegal

Nationality: Senegalese

Team: Bayern Munich

Net worth: $25 million

Sadio Mané (born 10 April 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Senegal national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world and amongst the greatest African players of all time, he is known for his pressing, dribbling, and speed

Sadio Mané's net worth as of 2023 is $25 million, making him one of the top 10 richest African footballers. He plays for Liverpool, a Premier League club. His annual salary is 5 million GBP.

Before joining Liverpool, he was signed with the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, Ligue 2 club Metz, and Southampton. He also plays for the Senegal national team.

 


7. MICHAEL ESSIEN

Full name: Michael Kojo Essien

Date of birth: 3rd December 1982

Age: 40 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Accra, Ghana

Nationality: Ghanaian

Teams: Chelsea, Sabail, AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Persib Bandung

Net worth: $35 million



Michael Kojo Essien born 3 December 1982 is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and is currently a member of Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland's coaching staff. He was also capped for the Ghana national team more than 50 times. During his prime, Essien was considered one of the best midfielders in the world.

Michael Essien is a former professional footballer. The Ghanaian athlete was a midfielder and is currently a member of the coaching staff of the Danish Superliga club, Nordsjælland.

 Michael started his career at a local club in Ghana after graduating from St. Augustine College. In 2005, the France National Union Professional Footballers voted him the Player of the Year. Today, Michael Essien's net worth is $35 million.

 

6. SHEYI EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR

Full name: Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor

Date of birth: 26th February 1984

Age: 38 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Lomé, Togo

Nationality: Togolese

Team: AC Semassi FC

Net worth: $45 million

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French side Metz, Monégasque team Monaco, Spanish team Real Madrid, Turkish clubs İstanbul Başakşehir and Kayserispor, Paraguay's Club Olimpia and Togolese club Semassi.

In 2012, he signed Tottenham Hotspur. He is now retired. Did you know his nickname was Baby Kanu because of his close resemblance to Nwankwo Kanu? Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor's net worth is $45 million.





 

5. JOHN OBI MIKEL

Full name: Mikel John Obi

Date of birth: 22nd April 1987

Age: 35 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Jos, Nigeria

Nationality: Nigerian

Team: Lyn

Net worth: $45 million



Mikel John Obi (born John Michael Nchekwube Obinna; 22 April 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

 Mikel began his career with local club Plateau United, before joining Norwegian club Lyn at the age of 17 in 2004. In 2006, he made a controversial transfer to English club Chelsea after Manchester United claimed they had already signed him. He stayed with Chelsea for 11 years, before moving to China with Tianjin TEDA in 2017. After two years in China, he returned to England on a short-term deal with Middlesbrough, before joining Trabzonspor on a free transfer in July 2019. Mikel moved back to England in August 2020 joining Stoke City. In a 14-year international career between 2005 and 2019, he played 91 times for Nigeria, scoring six goals.

John Obi Mikel's net worth is $45 million as of 2023. He is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played for Chelsea and the Nigerian national team.

The athlete started his career at Pepsi Football Academy at 12. Later, he played for Nigeria at the FIFA Under-17 World Championships. He signed with Chelsea in 2005. He was Chelsea's Young Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008.

 

4. YAYA TOURÉ GNÉGNÉRI

Full name: Gnégnéri Yaya Touré

Date of birth: 13th May 1983

Age: 39 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire

Nationality: Ivorian

Team: Manchester City F.C.

Net worth: $70 million

Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (born 13 May 1983) is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is an academy coach at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Touré aspired to be a striker during his youth and has played centre-back, including for Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League final. However, he has spent the majority of his career as a box-to-box midfielder for club and country, where he has been regarded as one of the world's best players in his position. One of the greatest African players of all time, Touré was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Yaya Touré Gnégnéri started playing football with the ASEC Mimosas Youth Academy team in Cote d'Ivoire. He then relocated to Europe, where he played for Beveren in Belgium.

3. MOHAMED SALAH

Full name: Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly

Date of birth: 15th June 1992

Age: 30 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Nagrig, Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian

Team: Liverpool

Net worth: $90 million

Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players of his generation and amongst the greatest African players of all time, he is known for his clinical finishing, dribbling, and speed

Salah started his senior career in 2010 playing for Al Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. In 2014, Salah joined Chelsea for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited gametime led to successive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who later signed him permanently for €15 million. In the 2016–17 seasons, Salah was a key figure in Roma's unsuccessful title bid, reaching double figures in both goals and assists

Mohamed Salah is commonly known as the Egyptian King or the Pharaoh. He is one of the best strikers in the world. At 30, Mohamed Salah's net worth is an impressive $90 million.

The Egyptian King is a key player in the Italian and English leagues. He currently plays as a forward for Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team.

 

2. DIDIER YVES DROGBA TÉBILY

Full name: Didier Yves Drogba Tébily

Date of birth: 11th March 1978

Age: 44 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Nationality: Ivorian

Teams: Chelsea, Marseille, Montreal Impact, and Galatasaray

Net worth: $90 million

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.  He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Drogba was named Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of 20,000 fans conducted by Chelsea FC Magazine in 2012, and he was also named in the Chelsea team of the 2010–2020 decade by Chelsea's fans in 2020. He is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time and was noted for his physical strength, speed, ability in the air, powerful and accurate strikes, and ball retention. Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the award in 2006 and 2009. He is also the player with the most runner-up appearances, most third-place finishes, and most times in the top three

Drogba was one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, earning a salary of $15 million per year. Today, Didier Drogba's net worth is $90 million.

 

The retired athlete was known for his striking ability and tendency to score goals during big matches. He is a former captain of the Ivory Coast national team.

 

1.       SAMUEL ETO'O

Full name: Samuel Eto'o Fils

Date of birth: 10th March 1981

Age: 41 years (as of 2023)

Place of birth: Douala, Cameroon

Nationality: Cameroonian

Team: Barcelona and Chelsea

Net worth: $95 million

 


Samuel Eto'o Fils born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation from 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of the best strikers in the world,  and he is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time,  winning the African Player of the Year a record four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.Samuel Eto'o Fils is the richest footballer in Africa in 2023. The former Cameroonian footballer was one of the highest-paid footballers globally, earning an annual salary of $26 million. Samuel Eto'o's net worth is $95 million.

 He is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. In 2004, he joined Barcelona for a transfer fee of 24 million Euros.


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