Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
With the 2009 Ballon d'Or awards just around the corner, Goal.com runs down a list of the Top 10 players never to have won the award since the change of rules in 1995 that allowed non-European players to be eligible to lift the trophy…
turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Golden ball winner Sani Emmanuel, Golden Eaglets' award-winning striker at the just-concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup, said he was unfulfilled at the competition for missing out on the main trophy.
Appulo.us Newest Apps & Updates (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Snowy's Christmas Pinball (1.0) Matmi Category: Games Price: $1.99 Cracker: Hexhammer Application Description: Special introductory price! Enjoy :) All snowy wants is to keep his pinballs for Christmas and it's up to you! Scrooge will try to take them off you and Santa will try and lose them in his grotto but rest assured - whizzing a golden ball around has never been so entertaining 3 crazy tables...
The Offside (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Most would agree that the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year awards are the two biggest individual honours a footballer can win. Bigger even than my Netherton Colts East U-14 Manager’s Player of the Year Runner-Up trophy (pictured'). But which award is really the one to win? The Ballon d’Or has the [...]
FCB News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Let's be honest, it wasn't our best month ever. However, we could also say we only lost one game (to Rubin Kazan) in six and of the three main leagues in Europe - Spain, England and Italy - we are the only team to remain unbeaten in our domestic league. Whatever the case, when I look back at the six games from this month there are very few individual performances that stand out. After some careful...
World Cup 2006 Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
FIFA has announced its shortlist of 23 players for the Men’s World Player of the Year award, and 10 players for the Women’s World Player of the Year Award. National team captains and coaches will now vote (but not for players from their own country) and this final five will be revealed in early December, [...]
FCB News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
You can tell we are moving towards the end of the year by the number of awards ceremonies. Last week we had the list of candidates for France Football's Ballon d'Or and now it is the turn for the other most prestigious individual award: the Fifa World Player. Fifa have released a list of 23 candidates for 2009 which includes six Barça players, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Henry and Ibrahimovic...
OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Two of Arsenal’s holy trinity have been nominated for this prestigious award. The third component of this trinity, Robin van Persie curiously has been ignored. Since November 2008, Robin has been the most consistent Gooner full stop. You only have to see how disjointed we looked when he came off against Alkmaar. 28 other candidates have been nominated besides Fabregas [...]
Pat's Football Page (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A lot of fuss has been made on the peninsula about the fact that not one Italian player was listed in a group of 30 nominees for the Golden Ball. I don't get why anyone cares...When Kanye West made his big scene by claiming Beyonce should have won a music award instead of Taylor Swift, my first reaction was to ask myself "when has a music award ever gone to someone that deserved it?"Much...
Champions League Tickets (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The race for this year’s coveted ballon d’or award will be between two of football’s stellar stars. Messi and Ronaldo will again share a podium when the fabulous gala award ceremony takes place later on this year. The question on everyones mind however is which of these two players will be named Europe’s finest. This is [...]
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Paris: Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo thinks Barcelona striker Lionel Messi could succeed him as the best player in Europe by winning the Golden Ball award.The
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo thinks Barcelona striker Lionel Messi could succeed him as the best player in Europe by winning the Golden Ball award. Added by: Rami Viewed: 6 time(s) Tags/Keywords: soccer Added On: 2009-10-20
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Only three defenders were chosen on the Golden Ball shortlist for Europe's best player. Is this a worrying trend in football?
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Not as easy as last year we think this one will be closer with all the old and some new faces thrown in the mix.The Ballon d’Or is an award handed out to the world footballer of the year. “The Golden Ball”, referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, is an annual [...] Added by: soccersuzy Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: blog ballon dor Added On: 2009-10-20
The Flat Back Four (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The 30-man list of nominees for the 2009 Ballon d'Or has been announced. The list consisted of a Who's Who of European football. The most glaring thing is that there is no Italian player nominated in the top 30. 2009 Ballon d'Or Nominees Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) John Terry (Chelsea) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) Steven Gerrard...
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