Drogba named African footballer of the year
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Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on its website.
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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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Justice has been served. 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.
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Fifa's World Player of the Year will be named on Monday from a shortlist of Fabio Cannavaro, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho.
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PARIS : French striker Thierry Henry, Brazilian Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko of Ukraine were nominated for FIFA&#39;s world player of the year award for 2004.
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was happy to give Didier Drogba the day off after his two-goal salvo against PSG last night. Drogba, 26, is due to collect the Marc-Vivien Foe award for the best African Footballer
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Didier Drogba salter&agrave; la gara di qualificazione per la Coppa d'Africa che sabato vedr&agrave;...
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Chelsea&#39;s two-goal hero Didier Drogba will not face disciplinary action by UEFA for his goal celebrations in the 3-0 Champions League victory over Paris St Germain on Tuesday.
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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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Nigerian side Enyimba win the African Champions League on penalties.
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November 30, 2004. Thierry Henry will battle it out with Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko to be named the Fifa World Player of the Year next month.
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Mali striker Frederic Kanoute won the 2007 African Footballer of the Year award on Friday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced.
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Andriy Shevchenko, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are the finalists for Fifa's World Player of the Year award.
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Rahul Dravid wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as Player of the Year at ICC Awards. India&#39;s Rahul Dravid claimed the most prestigious individual honour in world cricket after being named Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in London.
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Ronaldinho has won the Fifa World Player of the Year award beating off competition from Arsenal&#39;s Thierry Henry and European Player of the Year Andrei Shevchenko.
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Samuel Eto'o became the all-time record goalscorer at the African Nations Cup Wednesday when he fired Cameroon into the quarter-finals, where Egypt will also feature despite Zambia holding the defending champions to a 1-1 draw.
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AC Milan's Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko was named European footballer of the year for 2004.