All FIFA Awards Winners Announced

The FIFA The Best awards took place in France tonight, and here are all awards winners. Emiliano Martinez won one of the first awards after being named The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year. Meanwhile, Marcin Oleksy won the prestigious FIFA Puskas award for his incredible bicycle kick. Find all winners below (*Nominees in italics, winners bold): The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2022 FIFA Puskas Award 2022 (Goal of the Year) The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2022 The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2022 The FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA Fan Award 2022 The Best

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Mokwena – Big Respect For Pitso, But No Comment

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena refused to entertain questioning potentially following in Pitso Mosimane’s footsteps. Mosimane has engraved himself into African football and Al Ahly history books with his exploits in the CAF Champions League and, while he’s now moved on to Saudi Arabia, he is still held in the highest regard within the Egyptian football fraternity. It was no surprise when Mokwena, his former assistant and now the main man at Masandawana, was asked if he was following Moismane’s tactical plans and potentially his career path – which took ‘Jingles’ to North Africa and the Gulf region after

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Explained: Why MaMkhize Clashed With AmaZulu Security Guards

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Royal AM president Shawn ‘Ma’ Mkhize and some of her team members clashed with AmaZulu security guards in a scuffle that took place between the two clubs in the KwaZulu-Natal Derby at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday night.    The scuffle broke out after the match when Mkhize was denied by AmaZulu security guards to use a certain entrance after the match ended 1-1 at the World Cup venue, leading things to get out of hand. Tensions already started to build up when Mkhize and her entourage opted against parking cars inside the stadium, and left it instead at

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Are Pirates Coaches Under Pressure? Almenara Responds…

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Orlando Pirates coach Sergio Almenara says they are not willing to think about pressure from outside after Kaizer Chiefs drew level on points with them in the DStv Premiership. In the build-up to the Soweto Derby, there were contrasting emotions from the respective fan bases, with Pirates bagging the MTN8 already in Jose Riveiro’s debut season and what’s perceived as tactical and technical progression under the coaching staff. But Chiefs supporters, or rather sections of the fan base, were calling for Zwane to be sacked – which Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Junior pointed out as misleading and fine margins between

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Gallants Not Sweating After USMA Defeat In Algeria

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Marumo Gallants will not be losing sleep over their 2-0 loss to USM Alger in the CAF Confederation Cup, according to interim coach Raymond Mdaka. After two impressive wins over Al Akhdar and Saint Eloi Lupopo from Libya and DR Congo respectively top open Group A, the Algerian gainst brought them down to earth. A stunning goal from Abderrahmane Meziane in the opening half and a late second from Zinedine Belaïd moved them to the summit with seven points, one ahead of Gallants. “It was a very good game, we have experienced a number of things, more especially because it’s

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Mokwena Questioned Over Sundowns ‘Time Wasting’

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Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena has laughed off questioning over alleged time wasting in their 2-2 draw with Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League. Sundowns maintained their unbeaten record in the competition and marked the first time Mokwena was prevented from winning since taking over as sole head coach of the club. However, members of the Egyptian media quizzed him about the final stages of the game after Thapelo Morena’s equaliser – saying it was the first time they had seen a South African team engage in the dark arts made famous by North Africans in the competition.

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Larsen – Promotion Is A Pipe Dream

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Magesi FC coach Clinton Larsen says his players can forget about promotion after throwing what he called the last chance to keep up with the chasing pack in the Motsepe Foundation Championship. Magesi lost 2-1 to struggling Pretoria Callies at home on Sunday with the coach saying the Limpopo side deserved nothing in the worst performance he has seen since joining the side. Larsen says now Dikwena tṧa meetse have to focus on not getting dragged into the relegation battle. “Firstly I don’t think we deserved a point or three today. It was the worse performance I have seen in

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Zwane Opens Up On Receiving Chiefs Management Backing Before Derby

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Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has opened up on receiving backing from management over his job ahead of winning the Soweto Derby this weekend. Zwane became the first South African coach to complete a league double over Orlando Pirates after Olisa Ndah’s late own goal handed Amakhosi bragging rights at FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. And when probed by iDiski Times in the post-match press conference if the public backing from Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jnr. hand an impact in preparations, Zwane stated that they were all well aware this season would be a bumpy road. “The club has

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Confirmed: Chippa Make Mammila Decision

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Chippa United have opted to replace Morgan Mammila as head coach with Kurt Lentjies, who is taking over as interim coach until the end of 2022/23, while Mammila moved into an admin role at the club. Mammila replaced Daine Klate earlier in the campaign and started his reign with four wins on the trot. However, he’s only picked up one more victory in the following 10 league games. As a consequence, the Chilly Boys have dropped down the league table and are now just sitting three points above the relegation/promotion playoff spot, level on 24 points with Swallows. Sunday’s 2-1

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