ON Sport to broadcast Aiteo CAF Awards 2017

CAIRO –3 January 2018:ON Sport TV channel won the broadcasting rights of the 2017 Aiteo CAF Awards,scheduled for Thursday January 4,at Accra International Conference Center in Ghana.

Millions of Egyptians are waiting for the announcement of the award of the Best African Player of the year, as our Egyptian Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is among the nominees, alongside Senegalese Sadio Mane and Gabonese Pierre-EmerickAubameyang.

The CAF Awards ceremony will be attended by a large number of African football legends like Abedi Pele, winner of the maiden edition in 1992, RiyadMahrezwho was crowned in 2016, Nigerian trio Emmanuel Amuneke, NwankwoKanu and Victor Ikpeba, Cameroonian and four-time winner, Samuel Eto’oFils and compatriot Patrick Mboma; Ivorian YayaToure, a four-time winner and countryman Didier Drogba and El-HadjiDiouf of Senegal,Mustapha Hadji of Morocco, Malian Frederic Kanoute, and Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor, according to CAF official website.

CAF also will announce on Thursday the Best African Women’s Player of the Year; the contenders are AsisatOshoala (Nigeria), ChrestinaKgatlana (South Africa) and Gabrielle AboudiOnguene (Cameroon).