Dravid wins ICC player of the year award
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India&#39;s Rahul Dravid has won the International Cricket Council&#39;s player of the year award. The right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper was selected by a panel of 50 current and former international cricketers and umpires.
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MUMBAI: Rahul Dravid led India with his head not with the heart. Every decision he took had a chance of back-firing. But in the end he stood vindicated as India, defending Australiaâs victory target of 107
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Mumbai: Rahul Dravid today became the third Indian batsman and the 24th in the world to complete 7000 Test runs during home team&#39;s second innings on the third day of the fourth and final Test against Australia here today.
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Batsman Rahul Dravid has resigned as captain of India.
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Fabio Cannavaro was voted FIFA Player of the Year on Monday, becoming the first defender to earn the honor and only the second Italian.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Vijay Singh officially supplanted Tiger Woods as the world&#39;s finest golfer, earning PGA player of the year honours on Monday.
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Vijay Singh, who won nine tournaments and more than $10 million in 2004, was named PGA Tour Player of the Year Monday. Singh was chosen in a vote by his fellow golfers.
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ZURICH: Hot favourite Ronaldinho was crowned FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year last night - and revealed he was glad he snubbed Manchester United in favour of Barcelona.
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India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against England in the seventh one-day international at Lord&#39;s here Saturday.
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[Sports India, Cricket]: Dhaka, Dec 12 : Pacer Irfan Pathan claimed his first 10-wicket haul and Sachin Tendulkar cracked a career-best unbeaten 248 to bring India within two wickets of victory on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh here
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India captain Rahul Dravid said Yuvraj Singh was one of the world&#39;s best one-day international players after seeing the left-hander lead the team to a 2-1 series win against South Africa.
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FOUR Manchester United players - including recent signing Wayne Rooney - have been nominated for FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year award.
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World number one Vijay Singh, the  game's hottest player over the last 18 months, was named the  2004 PGA Tour player of the year on Monday.
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- Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Joginder Sharma became the 157th and 158th player to represent India in one-day internationals. - Sridharan Sriram made a comeback into Indian side after four years.
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Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is named 2006 Caf African Footballer of the Year.
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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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Vijay Singh, who this year became the first player to surpass 10 million US dollars (Â£5.2million) in a single season, was delighted to be named the US PGA Tour&#39;s Player of the Year.