FIFA Announces World Player of the Year Nominations
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Brazilian players have picked up the most nominations for FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year award with a total of six, including Real Madrid&#39;s Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.
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RYAN GIGGS and Wayne Rooney, who come into direct confrontation when England play Wales this weekend, are among four Manchester United players nominated for Fifa&#39;s World Player of the Year Award.
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World football&#39;s governing body, FIFA, will hold an event to mark the opening of the 2006 World Cup in Germany on the eve of the opening game, the organization&#39;s president, Sepp Blatter, announced yesterday.
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Sport: The chief executives of Chelsea and Man Utd are leading candidates for World Cup bid roles
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Newly crowned Fifa world player of the year Ronaldinho has poured cold water on suggestions that he wants to move to Chelsea. Barcelona&#39;s Brazilian forward beat Thierry Henry and Andriy Shevchenko to the prestigious
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Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan has been named European Footballer of the Year. In a poll conducted by a French football magazine Monday, the 28-year-old was rewarded for his outstanding scoring
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Arsenal&#39;s Thierry Henry, AC Milan&#39;s Andriy Shevchenko, and Barcelona&#39;s Ronaldinho are the three finalists for FIFA&#39;s 2004 World Player of the Year award.
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England and Manchester United teenage sensation Wayne Rooney has made it on to the shortlist for FIFA's 2004 Player of the Year award.
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Thierry Henry fails to make the final shortlist for this year's Fifa World Player of the Year award.
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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 - Brazil&#39;s Ronaldinho was named 2004 FIFA World Footballer of the Year here on Monday to cap a fine 12 months for both club and country.
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FIFA is looking at ways to help players prepare better for major international tournaments starting with the 2006 World Cup. The Football Committee and Technical and Development
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FIFA is adopting a new world soccer ranking system. It&#039;s easy to see why.
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Paris, France (Sports Network) - AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko was named the European Footballer of the Year Monday.
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Wayne Rooney is shortlisted for the Fifa World Player of the Year award which will be decided in December.
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AC Milan's Brazilian star Kaka crowned a magnificent 12 months by being named the 2007 FIFA Player of the Year on Monday, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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Following his dynamic season for Liverpool, breathtaking contribution at Euro 2004, and goals-laden start to his career in Spain, Michael Owen has rightly been named on the shortlist for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.