Dibba is player of the month in Sweden
Gambian striker Pa Amat Dibba is the month’s player in Allsvenskan, Sweden topmost football championship for May. It is the second straight award for a player of league leaders Hammarby as team captain Jiloan Hamad won the same accolade for the month of April. The player of the month is selected by the various captains […]
Kadewere leads scoring chart in Sweden
Zimbabwean striker Tino Kadewere scored four times in the 11th round of the Swedish football premiership to top the scorers’ chart as the league goes to a break for the World Cup. Kadewere scored four of Djurgaden’s goals and set up another in a 5-1 bashing of Sirius on Sunday to continue Djurgaden’s winning streak […]
Igboananike, Sam Johnson score two goals each
The 6th round of Sweden’s top football league last week saw Orebro relying solely on goals scored by African strikers to maintain its respectable 3rd-place spot on the table with a 3-2 win over Dalkurd. Orebro bounced back from 2-0 down with 10 minutes left to grab a sensational victory with Nigerian Kennedy Igboananike scoring […]
Africans keep scoring in Swedish, Danish leagues
Sweden’s top football league, the Allsvenskan, is gradually picking up steam with African players banging in the goals in the 4th round. Maic Sema of DR Congo ancestry scored the only goal in the second half as Sundsvall collected a 1-0 win over Trelleborg on April 17 while Zimbabwean hitman Tino Kadewere blasted twice as […]
More African goals in Sweden, Norway
Gambian forward Pa Amat Dibba scored a 77th minute goal as Hammarby overwhelmed Brommapojkarna 4-0 last Sunday in the third round of the Swedish football championship. The 30 year-old had just been on the pitch for 11 minutes when he struck goal number four to ensure Hammarby’s top position in the standings. Other Africans on […]
Sweden: Sierra Leonean Turay scores twice in historic win
Sierra Leonean striker Mohammed Buya Turay scored two goals to signal a remarkable debut for Dalkurd in Sweden’s premier football league, the Allsvenskan, last Sunday. Turay, who joined the newcomers from relegated Eskilstuna, struck in both halves in a 3-0 win over Ostersund to help Dalkurd to its first ever win in the league. The […]
Messi appointed ambassador for tourism
Considered by many the best football player of all times, Lionel Messi has joined the World Tourism Organization UNWTO) to promote the value of responsible tourism. The UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili, appointed Messi as UNWTO Ambassador for Responsible Tourism last Saturday at Camp Nou in Barcelona. “During my travels I have had the opportunity to […]
African goals in Sweden, Norway
African strikers had a modest showing on the first day of the Swedish football premiership, the Allsvenkan, last weekend. Moroccan Moestafa El Kabir provided one of the round’s two African goals when he struck in the 75th minute to give BK Hacken a lone goal win over Kalmar. The other goal came in the duel […]
Norway: Sam Johnson scores again for new club
Liberian attacker Sam Johnson has made a bright start in Norway, scoring twice in Valerenga’s first two matches in the country’s top football league. Johnson, who joined the Norwegian outfit from China’s Wuhan Zall in January, scored a 65th minute winner for Valerenga in a 2-1 victory over Odd on Sunday. The 24-year-old Liberian international […]
Few African goals in 2nd round of Swedish Cup
It was a quiet weekend for African strikers in the second round of the Swedish Cup, the country’s second most important football competition. Only three goals were seen in a host of matches played nation-wide. Nigerian star Kennedy Igboananike was on target again for the second match in a row in the competition which comprises […]
