Ronaldinho named soccer&#39;s brightest star
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Brazilian star Ronaldinho was named the world&#39;s top soccer player by FIFA, the sport&#39;s governing body on Monday.
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FIFA last night crowned Ronaldinho the world player of the year, barely a week after he lost out to Andrei Shevchenko and Deco, his Barcelona team-mate, for the title of European footballer of the year.
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Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko have been named as the three contenders for Fifa&#39;s World Player of the Year award.
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Finally, Ronaldinho is getting the recognition long due. The Brazilian striker won the Fifa Player of the Year award beating out formidable players also in the contention like Thierry Henry and Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko.
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ZURICH - Brazil&#39;s newly-crowned Fifa world footballer of the year Ronaldinho said he was committed to the fight against racism in the sport.
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VOLOS, Greece At least the Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, will be pleased that he has Cristiano Ronaldo back early from the Olympics. If only Ronaldo were happy to see him.
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Thierry Henry (France and Arsenal), Ronaldinho (Brazil and Barcelona) and Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine and AC Milan) will battle it out for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
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International soccer superstar and FIFA cover boy Ronaldinho will appear as the host of a new game mode.
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Barcelona&#39;s Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho earned FIFA Player of the Year honors Monday, beating Arsenal&#39;s French striker Thierry Henry by 68 points.
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ZURICH: Hot favourite Ronaldinho was crowned FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year last night - and revealed he was glad he snubbed Manchester United in favour of Barcelona.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho got the draw he desired when the English league leaders were paired with Ronaldinho&#39;s Barcelona in the first knockout round of the Champions League on Friday.
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but Jose Mourinho doesn&#39;t just think he&#39;s the greatest. He knows it. When presented to the English media last summer, the Portuguese coach declared, &quot;I am special.
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AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko has been named European Footballer of the Year. Barcelona&#39;s Deco and Ronaldinho were second and third with Arsenal striker Thierry Henry fourth.
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LONDON: Inter Milan and Chelsea secured their places in the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday but AC Milan will have to wait after an 89th-minute goal by Ronaldinho gave Barcelona a 2-1 win in the Nou Camp.
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Ronaldinho won the vote - by coaches and captains from international sides - with 620 points, while Henry had 552 and Shevchenko accumulated 253.
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BARCELONA, Spain -- A brilliant late strike from Ronaldinho gave dominant Barcelona a 2-1 win over AC Milan in an epic Champions League contest at the Nou Camp.
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Ronaldinho of Barcelona and Brazil has won the Fifa 2004 World Player of the Year award. Playmaker Ronaldinho, 24, pipped strikers Thierry Henry of Arsenal and France and Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan and the Ukraine to claim the accolade.