Toure declared best African footballer

ACCRA- Ivorian Yaya Toure of Manchester City was declared Africa's top football on Thursday, beating out his countryman Didier
Drogba and Alexandre Song of Cameroon for the CAF player of the year award.

Toure, 29, claimed the prize for the second consecutive year, capping a season where he helped guide his club to the English Premier League title, their first in 44 years.

The big midfielder got emotional as he got on stage to receive the award at the ceremony in Ghana's capital.

Toure's second CAF honour came when Drogba, the former Chelsea star now playing Shanghai Shenhua, was expecting to win it for the third time.(AFP)