Queen honours former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola
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Former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola has been chosen by the Queen to become an honorary citizen of the British empire. British ambassador to Italy Sir Ivor Roberts will present Zola with the honour Monday &quot;for his service to British football.
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An ex-Soviet spy who defected to Britain is to be honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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Real Madrid named former Brazil manager  Vanderlei Luxemburgo as their third coach of the season  Thursday in a bid to recapture the spark that brought them a  record nine European Cups.
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The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Wednesday received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in London.
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The Queen has been voted the Greatest Living Briton. She beat Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Julie Andrews, Baroness Thatcher and Robbie Williams to the award at the first "Greatest Britons 2007" ceremony on Monday ... via Daily Express
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Kylie Minogue, the Australian singer and actress who has battled breast cancer, was honored by Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, with other awards given to sportsmen, entertainers and businessmen.
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Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is named 2006 Caf African Footballer of the Year.
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Real Madrid caretaker manager Mariano Garcia Remon has announced that Zinedine Zidane is expected to return to the lineup in time for Wednesdayâs Championsâ League visit from AS Roma.
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Former teammates Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, who shared two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup titles, were both elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
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Real Madrid playmaker Zinedine Zidane will retire in 2007 at the latest. 'My contract runs until 2007 and I won't go any further,' the 32-year-old Frenchman said on Friday.
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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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Actor John Hurt and former newsreader Angela Rippon pick up honours from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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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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Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo joins former club Inter Milan on a free transfer.
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Pele was paid tribute on Tuesday for   a goal he scored in 1959 and which was regarded as one of the   most brilliant of his career.
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Terminal cancer sufferer, Jane Tomlinson, has been made a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
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Salman Rushdie, singer Emma Kirkby and Michael Eavis are among the entertainment figures honoured by the Queen.