ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
(just a final reminder that any number of athletes can be nominated per country, including none!)
FYI, the information in the first post pertains to Europe.
Mohamed Salah (Egypt - Soccer)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast - Soccer)
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana - Soccer)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast - Soccer)
George Weah (Liberia - Soccer)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon - Soccer)
Charl Schartzel (South Africa - Golf)
Oscar Pistorius (South Africa - Track & Field)
Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria - Basketball)
Dikembe Mutombo (Congo - Basketball)
Victor Oladipo (Sierra Leone - Basketball)
Manute Bol (Sudan - Basketball)
Serge Ibaka (Congo - Basketball)
Joel Embiid (Cameroon - Basketball)
My nominations:
Chad Le Clos (South Africa - Swimming)
Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast - Football)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast - Football)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon - Football)
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria - Football)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Sierra Leone - Football)
Sadio Mané (Senegal - Football)
Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea - Cycling)
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia - Athletics)
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia - Athletics)
David Rudisha (Kenya - Athletics)
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia - Athletics)
Roger Milla (Cameroon - Football)
Didier Drogba (Cote D'Ivoire - Football)
George Weah (Liberia - Football)
Jody Scheckter (South Africa - Motor Racing)
Zola Budd (South Africa - Athletics)
Ernie Els (S Africa - Golf)
Gary Player (S Africa - Golf)
Jinty Rhodes (S Africa - Cricket)
Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia - Athletics)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon - Football)
Francois Pienaar (S Africa - Rugby)
AB de Villiers - South Africa - Cricket
Jacques Kallis - South Africa - Cricket
Dale Steyn - South Africa - Cricket
Allan Donald - South Africa - Cricket
Graeme Smith - South Africa - Cricket
Andrew Flower - Zimbabwe - Cricket
Kip Keino - Kenya - Athletics
Haile Gabrselassie - Ethiopia - Athletics
Said Aouita - Morocco - Athletics
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia - Athletics
Henry Rono - Kenya - Athletics
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya - Athletics
David Rudisha - Kenya - Athletics
Mo Salah - Egypt - Football
Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Football
George Weah - Liberia - Football
Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon - Football
Kolo Toure - Ivory Coast - Football
Lauren - Cameroon - Football
Nwankwo Kanu - Nigeria - Football
Noureddine Morceli (Algeria)- Athletics
Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria)- Athletics
Amantle Montsho (Botswana)- Athletics
Issac Makwala (Botswana)- Athletics
Samuel Eto'o- (Cameroon)- Football
Roger Milla (Cameroon)- Football
Francoise Mbango Etone (Cameroon)- Athletics
Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) - Athletics
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)- Athletics
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) - Athletics
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) - Athletics
Deratu Tulu (Ethiopia)- Athletics
Kirani James (Grenada)- Athletics
Didier Drogba- (Ivory Coast)- Football
Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast)- Football
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)- Football
David Rudisha (Kenya)- Athletics
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)- Athletics
Paul Tergat (Kenya)- Athletics
Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya)- Athletics
Vivian Cheruiyot- (Kenya)- Athletics
George Weah (Liberia)- Football
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)- Athletics
Maria Mutola (Mozambique)- Athletics
Frankie Fredericks (Namibia)- Athletics
Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)- Football
Sadio Mane (Senegal)- Football
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Sierra Leone) - Football)
Chad Le Clos (South Africa)- Swimming
Jody Schecketer (South Africa)- Formula One
Ernie Els (South Africa)- Golf
Gary Player (South Africa)- Golf
Graeme Smith (South Africa)- Cricket
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)- Cricket
Shaun Pollock (South Africa)- Cricket
Perrie Mans (South Africa)- Snooker
Waynde van Niekerk (South Africa)- Athletics
Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)- Swimming
Just over two days left to get your nominations in!
Forgive spelling
Haile Gabreisalssie
Maria Muttola
Michael essien
Didier Drogba
Pele
Chad me clos
Pele is Brazilian - unless you mean Abedi Pele? (all the others are fine though!)
Abedi Pele 👍🏻
Hashim Amla- (South Africa)- Cricket
AB de Villiers- (South Africa)- Cricket
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)- Cricket
Gary Kirsten- (South Africa)- Cricket
Football
Mohamed Salah
Sadio Mane
Didier drogba
Yaya Toure
Kolo Toure
Athletics
Haile Gebrselassie
Hicham El Guerrouj
Maria Lourdes Mutola
Swimming
Chad Le Clos
Golf
Ernie Els
Nominations are CLOSED and have been counted up! The sportsperson with the most nominations and going directly through to the Final is... DIDIER DROGBA!
The superstar striker is the all-time top scorer of his national team, the Ivory Coast, and has scored more goals at Chelsea than any other foreign player. He has also won verious Player of the Year awards in his career. Into the Final he goes!
The first qualifying group will be up shortly!
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