Neymar, Ronaldo & Messi included as UEFA release 40 man shortlist for team of the year

Monday was truly a busy day for European football's governing body- UEFA, as they released their 40 man shortlist for their team of the year.

Expectedly, some players from EURO 2016 cup winners, Portugal, were included- while players from Champions league winners Real Madrid were also nominated.


Premier league stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Riyad Mahrez, Aaron Ramsey and current African player of the year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were nominated. See the star studded list below...

Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), Gigi Buffon (Juventus)

Defenders: Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Pepe (Real
Madrid), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid, Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders: Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Paul Pogba (Man United), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Joe Allen (Stoke), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Toni Kroos, (Real Madrid), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Grzegorz Krychowiak (PSG)

Strikers: Leo Messi (Barcelona), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man United), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Neymar (Barcelona), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Sergio Aguero (Man City)

Music+ Gets Global Recognition

Africa’s largest digital music service, Music+, powered by leading ICT company, MTN Nigeria, has won the award for ‘Digital Content Services of the Year’ in the 2016 edition of the Global Telecoms Awards (GLOTEL) that held in London recently.

Now in its 4th year, the highly coveted Glotel Awards which is organized by ‘Telecoms.com’ rewards innovative companies across the telecoms industry worldwide. 

The award organisers particularly lauded MTN for being consistently innovative in deploying music as a platform to give other value added services like the highly successful Caller Ring Back Tunez (CRBT) to its teeming subscribers.

MTN Nigeria’s General Manager, Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, said that the growing impact of digital music distribution across the globe as well as MTN’s desire to provide a platform for music content owners to monetize their works necessitated the creation of Music+. He added that the award affirms Music+’s position as Africa’s foremost digital music content service since it debuted.

Music+ aggregates music from established and upcoming acts and delivers same to music lovers across the continent on their mobile devices. Subscribers can stream, download and create their unique playlist on the platform. To download the app, simply send ‘Music’ to 5900 or search through respective app stores on mobile devices 

The service also engages music lovers through its themed campaigns which includes ‘Music+ Next Rated Campaign,’ ‘Music+ Noiseless Concerts,’ ‘Music+ Unplugged Thursdays’ amongst others.