Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi are on a 23-player shortlist for this year's FIFA player of the year award. Other contenders include Barcelona teammates Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, Carlos Puyol and Thierry Henry. Samuel Eto'o, who won the Champions League title with Barcelona before moving to Inter Milan, is also on the list. Champions...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been named on 23-man shortlist for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year award. Real Madrid ace Ronaldo won the award last season for his stunning form with Manchester United , but the hot favourite to lift the award is Barcelona star Messi. The FIFA Football Committee has selected the shortlist, which includes six Spaniards, four Englishmen and three Brazilians,...
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...
• Ronaldo joined by team-mates Kaka, Benzema and Casillas • Premier League nominees include Terry, Gerrard, Giggs Cristiano Ronaldo leads a list of 30 nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or that does not include a single player from current world champions Italy. Real Madrid's Ronaldo, 24, won the prestigious award last year and will be one of the favourite for this year's title after his...
Ignoring the rumour and speculation that has been floating around this week, Mark Bowen has been discussing the return of Robinho and warned that he faces a fight for his place: "He's a naturally-fit guy who doesn't carry a lot of weight, so once he's back training with the group it doesn't take him much time to be right. Once he comes back he'll be ready to put in the side. "But Robi is...
Bosnia-Herzegovina they will play with Spain in decisive match this group.Spain go into the match in Zenica looking to make it 10 wins out of 10 in Group Five, but it promises to be a tough task for Vicente del Bosque's men because as well as facing the second-placed team in the pool, they are also missing some key players.Prolific hitman David Villa, who is his side's leading scorer in qualifying...
Andres Iniesta has indicated he is ready to join the growing ranks of players committing their future to reining Spanish and European champions Barcelona.
There are tons of things I should be writing about, like the wonderful 6-2 drubbing of Blackburn at the weekend, the beginning of hockey season and the awesome start that the Caps have had, or possibly even the reign of Napoleon for my French class. Instead, I mark my brief return to the blogosphere by penning this masterpiece. Lucy and I were talking this evening about football and Harry Potter (as...
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has recalled fit-again Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos to his squad. read more
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has recalled fit-again Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos to his squad. read more
Andrés Iniesta is a good footballer. Cesc Fàbregas is a good footballer. Need I say more? Yes, actually, I do for it to make sense here. Nike has some fancy new soccer boot that's it's launching aside an interactive digital training tool that you can use on a Web site, or on your iPhone or iPod touch. Very exciting.
Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has been introduced to a new weapon of choice, designed to give playmakers game-winning control ;— the Nike CTR360 Maestri’s. Fabregas, Manchester United’s Paul Scholes, Landon Donavan and Andres Iniesta have all been used as promotion tools for the superb-looking new boots. The features of the boot include; * Upper created using a revolutionary [...]...
Barcelona vs Manchester United Live Streaming Venue: Olimpico Barcelona vs Manchester United Live Streaming Link Barcelona vs Manchester United Live Streaming Link Date: Wed 27 May 2009 Time: 19:45 UK Competition: UEFA Champions League (Final) Sir Alex Ferguson's "dream final" in Wednesday's Champions League showdown could be a nightmare for Barcelona if Manchester United smother the Spaniards and...
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