Sporting stars top honours list
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Colin Montgomerie, Chris Hoy and Shirley Robertson are among the Scots in the New Year Honours list.
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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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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.
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Photos comparing the actor with the footballer
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PARIS : England teenage star Wayne Rooney looks set to make his eagerly-awaited Manchester United debut in Champions League action against Fenerbahce though England teammates at Real Madrid David Beckham and Michael Owen are doubts for the Spanish giants
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FIFA has given out the nominees list for the 2004 World Player award to be presented on December 20th at the Zurich Opera House. 35 contenders are listed.
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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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1995: 1. George Weah (LBR/Milan AC), 2. Jurgen Klinsmann (ALL/Bayern Munich), 3. Jari Litmanen (FIN/Ajax Amsterdam). 1996: 1. Matthias Sammer (ALL/Borussia Dortmund), 2. Ronaldo (BRE/FC Barcelone), 3. Alan Shearer (ENG/Newcastle).
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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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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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SCOTLAND'S best- loved footballers and managers have been nominated for places in a new hall of fame.
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Britain&#39;s triumphant Olympic gold-medallists - headed by Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pinsent and Tanni Grey-Thompson - are celebrating their inclusion in the Queen&#39;s New Year Honours List.
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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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South Africans Schalk Burger and Marius Joubert are among five players shortlisted for the International Rugby Board&#39;s player of the year.
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Jonny Wilkinson and the rest of England&#39;s World Cup winning side were honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The new England captain and veteran prop Jason Leonard were awarded the Order of the British Empire, or OBE.
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ZURICH, Nov 29 (SW) - Arsenalâs Thierry Henry, Barcaâs Ronaldihno and AC Milanâs Andrei Shevchenko have been shortlisted for FIFAâs 2004 World Player of the Year award.
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David Beckham, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard found themselves out in the cold tonight as the European Footballer of the Year award went to AC Milanâs Andriy Shevchenko.