×
NewsDay

AMH is an independent media house free from political ties or outside influence. We have four newspapers: The Zimbabwe Independent, a business weekly published every Friday, The Standard, a weekly published every Sunday, and Southern and NewsDay, our daily newspapers. Each has an online edition.

Mighty Warriors nominated for Caf gong

Sport
ZIMBABWE’S senior women’s football team, the Mighty Warriors, have been nominated by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for the Glo-Caf Women National Team of the Year for the second year running.

ZIMBABWE’S senior women’s football team, the Mighty Warriors, have been nominated by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for the Glo-Caf Women National Team of the Year for the second year running.

BY HENRY MHARA

The Mighty Warriors were one of four nominees for the award, together with recently crowned Africa Women Cup of Nations (Awcon) champions Nigeria, runners up Cameroon, neighbours South Africa and Ghana.

Zimbabwe lost out on the gong last year to Nigeria, who won the Awcon tournament.

The list of nominees for the Glo-Caf awards was released by Caf yesterday.

Zimbabwe have been recognised for qualifying for the recently held Awcon finals, played in Cameroon. The Shadreck Mlauzi-coached side did not go beyond the group stage. They also participated at the Rio 2016 Olympics, where again they failed to go beyond the group stage despite putting an admirable show against the best teams in the world.

There are other categories for the awards, such as the Women’s Player of the Year and no Zimbabwean player made, the list. The Warriors also missed out on nomination for the Men’s Team of the Year award despite doing well in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, where they finished top of Group L to book a place in Gabon.

Zimbabwe forward, Khama Billiat is nominated for Player of the Year (based in Africa) award.

The winners will be announced on January 5 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Some of the awards nominees :

Women’s Player of the Year; Asisat OSHOALA (Nigeria), Elizabeth Addo (Ghana), Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon), Janine Van Wyk (South Africa), Feudjio Tchuanyo (Cameroon)

Most promising Talent; Elia Meschak (DRC), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria), Naby Keita (Guinea), Oghenekaro Etebo (Nigeria), Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt)

Youth Player of the Year; Alex Iwobi (Nigeria), Eric Ayiah (Ghana), Franck Kessie (Ivory Coast), Sandra Owusu-Ansah (Ghana and Supreme Ladies) Sidiki Maiga (Mali)

Coach of the Year

Florent Ibenge (DRC), Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic (Uganda), Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns), Nacer Sandjak (Mo Bejaia), Florence Omagbemi (Nigeria women’s national team)

Referee of the Year; Papa Gasama, Gambia, Grishea Gehead, Egypt, Malang Diedhiou, Senegal

Club of the Year; Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), MO Bejaia (Algeria), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Zamalek (Egypt), Zesco United (Zambia)

National Team of the Year; DR Congo, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria U-23, Senegal, Uganda Women’s National Team of the Year; Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe.