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Eto'o delaying Barcelona contract talks

tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

Samuel Eto'o is in no rush to open new contract talks with Barcelona. read more

Gunners striker Adebayor backed to win African award by rival Eto'o

Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008

Samuel Eto'o has backed Arsenal forward Emmanuel Adebayor to be crowned African Player of the Year ahead of the Barcelona forward and Chelsea star Didier Drogba.

Exclusive: Mega names key to City's £70m transfer plan

The Independent (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Manchester City's wealthy Arab owners are determined to try to land a "world superstar" in the January transfer window and have drawn up a list of targets, headed by Kaka and Lionel Messi. The other names that have been discussed are Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Samuel Eto'o, with the Abu Dhabi United Group prepared to pay upwards of £70m for a top-name signing to add...

Messi Second Behind Ronaldo In Ballon D'Or

FCB News (Free subscription) | yesterday

As expected France Football has announced that this year's Ballon d'Or winner is Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo who earned 446 voting points from the 96 judges. Barça's Leo Messi was runner-up with 281 points while Xavi Hernandez was fifth with 97 points and Samuel Eto'o was seventeenth. Cristiano Ronaldo was always the most likely winner having scored 42 goals in the 2007/2008 season...

Cameroon: Salutary Measure - Its implementation will assure a brighter feature.

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cameroon is a very big sports nation. Thanks to football, the green, red and yellow flag has been able to fly high in the four-corners of the World. For the past decades, names like Roger Milla, Thomas Nkono, Mboma Patrick, Samuel Eto'o and most recently François Mbango just to name a few, have been selling like hot-cakes in most international sports arenas.

Torres in a dash to see doc

The Sun (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

... 24, has been plagued by injuries all season and now hopes the man who once healed Barca star Samuel Eto’o can treat him. Kop hero Torres admitted: “The injury is a bit worrying because it’s happened to me before. “Now the only thing to do is get on with the rehabilitation and make sure that I come back when I’m ready and not too soon.” Advertisement Share this article

Messi Second Behind Ronaldo In Ballon DOr

footy247 (Free subscription) | yesterday

As expected France Football has announced that this year's Ballon d'Or winner is Manchester United's who earned 446 voting points from the 96 judges. Barça's was runner-up with 281 points while Xavi Hernandez was fifth with 97 points and Samuel Eto'o was seventeenth. Cristiano Ronaldo was

Ballon d'Or results: Cristiano Ronaldo and the stars he beat - pictures

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Frank Lampard, Chelsea and England: 8pts16) Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich and France: 7pts17) Samuel Eto'o, Barcelona and Cameroon: 6pts18) Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus and Italy: 5pts19) Michael Ballack, Chelsea and Germany: 4pts19) Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal and Spain: 4pts21) Didier Drogba, Chelsea and Ivory Coast: 3pts21) Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid and Spain: 3pts21) Nemanja Vidic, Manchester...

Torres third in Ballon d'Or vote

Liverpool FC - LFC Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Madrid), 10 pts.15. Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 8 pts.16. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), 7 pts.17. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), 6 pts.18. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 5 pts.19. Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), 4 pts.21. Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), 3 pts.24. Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Ruud van Nistelrooy...

• Torres third in Ballon d'Or vote - LFC Online

Torres third in Ballon d'Or vote

LFC Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Madrid), 10 pts.15. Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 8 pts.16. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), 7 pts.17. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), 6 pts.18. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 5 pts.19. Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), 4 pts.21. Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), 3 pts.24. Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Ruud van Nistelrooy...

Ronaldo favourite to hold Spain's Euro heroes at bay for Ballon d'Or

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

... summer when he sparkled only sporadically at Euro 2008 as Portugal went out in the quarter-finals.SAMUEL ETO'O (Barcelona/Cameroon)Eto'o was top scorer at the African Cup of Nations in February with his five goals helping Cameroon reach the final in Ghana – and that return also saw him become the competition's all-time leading scorer. However, he could not guide his side to victory as they...

Reporter Wins FPA Media Award

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

... all of Africa's top players of the present and past generations including George Weah, Abedi Pele, Samuel Eto'o, Stephen Appiah, Michael Essien, Emmanuel Adebayor and Amr Zaki.Daara gained international prominence in 2001 when his personal appeal to FIFA earned Ghanaian goalkeeper Sumaila Abdallah the FIFA Fair Play Award for saving an opponent's life during a game through mouth-to-mouth...

Messi stars for Barcelona, Real loses

Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008

MADRID: Barcelona went six points clear at the top of the Primera Liga with a 3-0 win away to Sevilla on Saturday after second-placed and champion Real Madrid lost 3-1 at Getafe. Barca’s Samuel Eto’o got a typical ...

Barcelona Humble In Victory

footy247 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

Barcelona are now so used to winning by large margins this season that their post-match press conferences are becoming quite predictable. On Saturday night, the squad once again stressed theneed to avoid getting carried away.Speaking to reporters after the match, Samuel Eto'o said, "We needed the victory and although it was complicated, we won the game at a difficult ground. At the end of the...

Del Piero, Messi sprinkle Euro stardust

Fijilive (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

... volleyed his first from 25 yards after 78 minutes and then completed his brace in injury time.Samuel Eto'o had put Barca, who have a four-point lead over Villarreal, ahead in the first half."Nothing was going right for me in the first half, but luckily things turned around and I was able to put in a good performance," said Messi who dedicated his goals to his sister who celebrated her 15th...