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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie celebrates winning the PFA Player of the Year award. The 28-year-old Dutch international has scored 27 Premier League goals so far this season - his best return for the north London club - and was proud to be honoured by a poll of top-flight players. “If other people are saying it, it is special, but it is even ...

In a 2011 that saw the team lift the Liga, Champions League, Spanish and European Super Cups, as well as the Club World Cup, FC Barcelona beat out the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks; the Formula 1 team Red Bull; the New Zealand’s All Blacks, world champions; the English national cricket side, reining The Ashes champions; and the Japanese Women’s ...

Shouts out to the cats over at adidas... someone wasnt asleep at the wheel on this one... this was up almost immediately after the win!! Winning the FIFA World Player is truly a great honour. The best part of receiving great awards, is sharing them with you. I am convinced the greatness of this sport, the most beautiful game of all, is ...

from fcbarcelona.com "At the age of 24, Leo Messi equals the record set by the Frenchman Michel Platini after winning three consecutive Ballon d’Or titles (2009, 2010 and 2011). Ronaldo handed the Argentinean the FIFA Ballon d’Or this afternoon in Zurich. Messi won the title thanks to votes placed by captains and managers of all the national ...

image source 1 : 2 : 3 Fifa Ballon D’or ceremony takes place on Monday evening and will reward the player who is deemed to have had the best year in world football from a shortlist of three star performers. Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez are finalists for the FIFA player of the year award along with Real Madrid winger ...

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo wins the player with greatest media attraction of the year and the footballer of the year award for 2011 in Globe Soccer Awards 2011 in Dubai **blognote** If they had an award for 'most product in hair' he wins that one too right? Check out the video after the jump...... (more...)

The FIFA Puskas award has only been around a couple of years, but what is not to love about it. Awarded for what is considered to be the most beautiful goal of the year, the 2011 finalists include some of the biggest names in soccer. Featuring goals from the likes of Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi and Brazil's new starlet Neymar. Each of these goals ...

via FIFA The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the best player of 2011 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2011 award were announced today at a press conference held at the headquarters of France Football magazine in Paris in which FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke, France Football CEO François ...