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Fifa has announced their 23 nominees for the prestiguous 'World Player of the Year' award, which is voted for by international managers and team captains. The English Premiership leads the nominations with 10 of the 23 nominees. Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to win, given that he recently won the FifPro player of the year award. The list of nominees is as follows: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal, Togo) Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Argentina) Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg, Russia) Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany) Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy) Iker Casillas ... Read More

David Beckham's move to AC Milan on loan is causing problems for LA Galaxy, who have had to cancel a friendly match in Australia as a result. The 33 year old England star had been selected to play in the LA Galaxy v Queensland Roar but Beckham decided not to risk injury ahead of his move to Italy. An official statement from the club reads: "To avoid disappointment for the many fans that were expected to travel to Brisbane from all parts of Australia for ... Read More

Ronaldo once dazzled the footballing world with his goal-scoring prowess, is trying to resurrect his career, after recovering from a knee injury. Ronaldo played for European giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, and Inter Milan still keeps hope to get back to the Brazilian national team. Now a free agent, Ronaldo is in holding talks with Manchester City. Ronaldo believes there is still possibility to join Manchester City and play in English Premier League. Earlier Manchester City owners though had claimed earlier ... Read More

Group A Chelsea produced a scintillating display to go past Bordeaux 4-0 at Stamford Bridge. Lampard, Joe Cole, Malouda, Anelka scored for last year’s runners up Chelsea. However, CFR 1907 Cluj the Romanian club who made debut in champions league, produced shocker of a result, by defeating AS Roma on their home ground. Panucci scored the first goal of the match to give Roma the lead. Argentinean Juan Culio equalised for Cluj. Juan Culio scored again to secure all three points for Cluj. Group ... Read More

Man Utd midfielder Mikael Silvestre has been recovering from a serious ligament injury and is now approaching full fitness, but he is unlikely to get a game with United this season. It has been reported this week that Gordon Strachan has been trying to get him to move to Glasgow on a one-year loan deal, but today it has been announced that Mark Hughes is also keen on taking him across Manchester to play for City. The Sunday people reports that although Celtic and ... Read More