A new King of African football has emerged. He is Algerian international and Leicester City of England player, Riyad Mahrez, who was on Thursday night crowned the 2016 African Footballer of the Year at the glamorous Glo-CAF Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria. His name was announced before a packed audie
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