Barcelona: Oshoala wins Pichichi award for highest goalscorer
Super Falcons and FC Barcelona striker Asisat Oshoala has won the Pichichi award for the highest goalscorer in the Spanish Primera Division.
Despite being plagued by a succession of injuries, the Nigerian striker scored 20 goals in the league to pip Real Madrid attacker Geyse, who had 19, to the award.
Behind Geyse are Oshoala’s teammates Lieke Martens and Alexia Putellas, who finished the season with 17 goals.
Barcelona were crowned champions for the third season in a row, and Oshoala’s goals played a significant role in ensuring victory.
The team also created history by winning all their league games, 30 in all.
Oshoala spent four months out due to injury but still managed to be in contention for the award following a blistering start to the season.
She became the third Barcelona player to win the prize after Sonia Bermúdez and Jennifer Hermoso.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Education
FUTA students protest against ASUU strike, barricade Akure-Ilesa highway
The students chanted solidarity songs and displayed placards with inscriptions, including ‘End ASUU Strike’, ‘Save our future’, and ‘Stop Toying with our Future’,
States
Bandits attack three Niger state local governments
“The bandits were equally engaged in a gun duel and some of them were neutralised, while others escaped into the forest with gunshot injuries.”
Politics
Hoodlums burn court, Enugu DisCo, Anambra LG headquarters
The police command in Anambra has confirmed that arsonists burnt the headquarters of Idemili North Local Government Area in Ogidi, Anambra State, in the early hours of Monday.
World
Biden blames U.S. middlemen for worsening baby formula scarcity
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has blamed the worsening baby formula scarcity on middlemen hoarding the products.
World
Russia-Ukraine War: Dispute overshadows meeting of EU foreign ministers
A meeting of the European Union’s foreign ministers is overshadowed by an ongoing dispute within the bloc about new sanctions on Russia.
World
WHO, Sri Lanka to establish smoke-free zones
Sri Lanka’s National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), in partnership with WHO, is planning to set up 362 smoke-free zones in the country.
