New Year honours for sports stars
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England rugby union coach Brian Ashton and retired former captain Jason Robinson are among sports stars who received awards in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours list published Saturday.
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Australian pop star Kylie Minogue was among the celebrities decorated in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours List, published Saturday.
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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.
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Australia's Ricky Ponting is named cricketer of the year, ahead of England's Kevin Pietersen.
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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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LONDON  - A rock 'n' roll belter, an astronaut and the inventor of the automatic teller machine were all honoured by the Queen on Friday in the New Year's honours list.
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Pop star Kylie Minogue and TV host Michael Parkinson are among showbiz stars in the New Year Honours list.
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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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Former Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan is made a Dame of the British Empire in the New Year Honours.
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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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Wayne Rooney is shortlisted for the Fifa World Player of the Year award which will be decided in December.
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The January 30 event will feature some of the event's biggest stars.
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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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Matthew Pinsent is knighted and Tanni-Grey Thompson and Kelly Holmes become Dames in the New Year Honours.
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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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British winners at this summer&#39;s Athens Olympics were among hundreds of people recognised by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Year Honours on Friday, with double track gold medallist Kelly Holmes made a Dame.
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World number one Tiger Woods is named the PGA Tour's Player of the Year for the eighth time in 10 years.