Iran&#39;s Karimi and Japan&#39;s Sawa receive AFC Player of the Year ...
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Kuala Lumpur, December 8, 2004 - The 10th AFC Awards night took place in the glittering hall amidst a man-made lake and a world class golf surrounding in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
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Japan&#39;s players got yet another verbal volley from coach Ivica Osim at the Asian Cup on Tuesday with their ears still ringing from the last one.
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Barcelona&#39;s Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year on Monday. Ronaldinho, 24, totalled 620 points followed by Thierry Henry of Arsenal and France on 552.
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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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BRAZIL striker Ronaldinho won FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year award yesterday, ahead of France&#39;s Thierry Henry and Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko.
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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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German coach Juergen Klinsmann has continued his experiment with untapped talent by calling up three new players for the team&#39;s three-nation trip to Asia later this month.
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La federcalcio iraniana ha offerto la panchina della nazionale a Diego Armando Maradona.
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ZURICH -- Stylish Brazilian striker Ronaldinho won FIFA&#39;s world player of the year award yesterday, ahead of France&#39;s Thierry Henry and Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko.
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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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Kenya&#39;s Paul Kirui capped an impressive year by winning the men&#39;s World half-marathon title Sunday, while China&#39;s Sun Ying Jie claimed the women&#39;s race.
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&quot;He loves his country, and we love him,&quot; said Arash Zamayeri. &quot;He would never sell us out.&quot;. I can&#39;t imagine any American athlete ever being as universally adored as Hossein Rezazadeh is by the people of Iran.
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PARIS: AC Milan&#39;s Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko, right, was last night named European footballer of the year for 2004. The 28-year-old becomes the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleg Blockhin
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Iran and South Korea snatched the glory on the second day of the Olympic taekwondo competition, which once again was marred by controversy.
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Mali and Sevilla striker Fredi Kanoute is named 2007 African Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football.
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Arsenal's Arsene Wenger and Jose Reyes win the manager and player of the month awards.
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Arsenalâs Thierry Henry today missed out on the European Footballer of the Year award as Andriy Shevchenko took the honour. AC Milan frontman Shevchenko held off competition from Barcelona pair Deco and