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Arsenal will battle it out with Liverpool and Tottenham to sign out-of-favour Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips for a cut-price £6 million.

Tomorrow the US looks to at least equal their 2002 World Cup finish by advancing to the quarter finals. Already the US has done more than was expected by finishing at the top of Group C. By winning the group, the US does avoid a rematch of the 2002 quarterfinal against Germany, but instead will be facing Ghana who beat the US at the last World Cup.

Unsurprisingly, Ghana lead the list of nominees for the African Footballer of the Year

The short list of nominees up for the African Footballer of the Year have been making their way into the press this morning. Not surprising that Ghana lead the list along with some other predictable nominations .

Spanish mag Don Balon has announced their much anticipated Top 100 Young Players for the year. I think, anyway the following is the list which is leaking across the web and being sourced by various news-type outlets, so it's as good as silver in my book. Two rules: must be born after January 1, 1989 and they must be flippin' brilliant at football.

Or: who will earn a big money move to Bayern Munich and see his career nosedive as a result?

That's Lukas Podolski, the last and technically only recipient of the FIFA Young Player Award at a World Cup. Since the last World Cup back home he's seen his stock drop further than the Lehmann Brothers at club level while still scoring goals galore for country.

Inspired by a sense of playing for all of Africa, Ghana's Black Stars became the first Africans to win a World Cup match on their home continent by downing Serbia 1-0 in their opener Sunday.

Asamoah Gyan blasted in a penalty kick in the 84th minute after a handball by Serbian Zdravko Kuzmanovic, then joined in a dance-filled team celebration that saw even a security guard hug Gyan.

Two World Cup outsiders do battle in Johannesburg.

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Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has confirmed that Mauricio Victorino will replace centre-back Diego Godin, who picked up a thigh injury against South Korea.

FIFA announced its 10 finalists for the Golden Ball Award Friday, with Spain garnering three of the nominees.

David Villa, Xavi and Andres Iniesta are joined by Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, Mesut Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Diego Forlan, Asamoah Gyan and Lionel Messi on the final ballot.

With all the World Cup action over and all the votes tallied, the World Cup awards can now be handed out. And there's a lot of gold to go around. There's the Golden Ball for best player (plus silver and bronze for runners up), the Golden Boot for top scorer, the Golden Glove (just one, this 'aint boxing) for best goalkeeper and the not so golden but still prestigious Best Young Player award (the Golden iPod?

New pretenders emerged in the likes of Germany's Jerome Boetang and Mexico's Javier Hernandez in South Africa. However, the likes of Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka faltered as their nation's endured dissapointing, early exits. Dirk Kuyt was a creative hub in the wheels of Holland's charge to the final, and let's not forget the sprited, productive turn outs from Ghana's Kevin-Prince Boateng, who looks like he could leave doomed Portsmouth for a top flight club soon.

The News Of The World is reporting this morning that Newcastle United are interested in Marseille's Ghana World Cup winger, Andre Ayew. André Ayew - Newcastle interested It appears that Marseilles manager Didier Deschamps is a huge fan of former Newcastle winger Charles N'Zogbia, and is trying to get him from Wigan Athletic, to the [.

'Tis the day of award shortlists and internet voting. Hoorah.

Whereas the Puskas Award requires but a singular moment of magic, this award goes to those who managed a few more strung out through twelve long months. Therefore the names are all household, with the one having the greatest pull perhaps the clear outsider of the competition, Andre Ayew Pops won the inaugural edition way back in 1992.

Everyone knows about Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o. The superstars of African football. Most will know about Mali's Fredi Kanoute and Seydou Keita too. You don't need WorldCupBlog to tell you about them. So we thought we'd compile a list of 10 players to watch at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, featuring talented youngsters and other players with slightly lower profiles than those listed above.

While the American soccer community waits for word on Clint Dempsey's health, here are some news items to go over:

Schelotto officially re-signed by Columbus. The Crew made it officially today, announcing the signing of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The real news is that he won't be counting as a Designated Player in 2010.

Guingamp gained a valuable point away at AC Arles Avignon on Friday night, the result leaves them two points clear of the relegation zone.

Guingamp are now unbeaten in their last 3 games and have found form exactly when it was needed.

Arles took the lead in the 65th minute when Andre Ayew put them in-front, but a great strike from Thibault Giresse in the 69th minute was enough to secure the point.

Appiah Will Be Charging Through The Midfield This Summer In South Africa.

Ghana's Black Stars, who were so wonderful to watch in Germany in 2006, are back for South Africa 2010 and are hungry for more.

Ghana, who will be buoyed by the fact that the World Cup is being hosted on African soil, will play very similarly to they way they did in 2006.

O site da yahoo publica hoje uma foto-reportagem sobre alguns laços de familiaridade que unem protagonistas de diversas selecções. O único que desconhecia era que Abedi Pelé, um dos melhores jogadores ganeses de todos os tempos, tinha dois filhos na selecção. Para além do mais conhecido, Andre Ayew, foi ainda convocado Ibrahim Ayew, central de 22 anos que joga no Zamalek.

This game sees us pass the halfway point of the group stages. By the end of Friday, we'll have lost half of the teams, and we'll know the shape of the knockout stages. Once we reach the knockout stages, most of the contrasting games (whether in ability, age or experience) will be over, and the main contrasts we're likely to get between opponents are playing style and location.

19.06.2010 – Calígula – GRUPO D / PARTIDO Nº25 – Ghana y Australia repartieron goles y puntos empatando (1-1) en el Royal Bafonkeng de Rustenburgo. Brett Holman (´11 AUS) y Asamoah Gyan (´25 GHA) los goles.
En tibia iniciativa africana llegó el primer gol (australiano): Brett Holman se encargó tomando el rebote que Richard Kingson (arquero ghanés) diera de un tiro libre de Marco Bresciano (1-0, 11').

Ghana has scored only two goals and they have come through penalties scored by Asamoah Gyan, the Stade Rennais striker. The US defense is aware of his goal scoring threat.

But the two Ghanian players who have caught the eye with their skill on the ball coming forward are Andre Ayew, who as the son of the legendary Abedi Pele, has his father's creative instincts.

Friday's second quarter final fixture between Uruguay and Ghana at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium will be the first ever meeting between these two sides at senior level. Surprisingly though, the Black Satellites ( Ghana's u-20 side) drew 2-2 with Uruguay in the group stages of last years U-20 tournament which they went on to win.

Her's FIFA's Golden Ball nominees list for this World Cup's best player award, selected by FIFA's "technical study group": Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, David Villa of Spain, Diego Forlan of Uruguay, Asamoah Gyan of Ghana, Andres Iniesta of Spain, Lionel Messi of Argentina, Mesut Oezil of Germany, Arjen Robben of the Netherlands, Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany and Xavi Hernandez of Spain.

As well as the shortlist for Best Player at World Cup 2010, FIFA today announced an even shorter shortlist for Best Young Player. The deal with the best young player nominees is that they have to have been born either on or after January 1st 1989, which puts the upper age limit for this honour at [thinks.

As well as the shortlist for Best Player at World Cup 2010, FIFA today announced an even shorter shortlist for Best Young Player. The deal with the best young player nominees is that they have to have been born either on or after January 1st 1989, which puts the upper age limit for this honour at [thinks.

Bueno, al menos dimos la nota con tantos ojos observando a México, y parece que de a poco empieza el asunto a mejorar, despacito, pero ahí va.

La Comisión de Estudios Técnicos de la FIFA, definió la mejor tripleta de juveniles del Mundial 2010 y uno de ellos se llevará el trofeo al mejor juvenil del torneo.

Photo by ISIphotos.com

FIFA announced its 10 finalists for the World Cup's Golden Ball Award Friday, with Spain garnering three of the nominees.

David Villa, Xavi and Andres Iniesta are joined by Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, Mesut Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Diego Forlan, Asamoah Gyan and Lionel Messi on the final ballot.

The nomination ceremony with the Golden Ball trophyFIFA have recently announced the 10 players which will contest the player of the tournament award for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Along with these 10 players, another three have been nominated for the best young player award.
Here are the nominees for the two awards,
FIFA Golden Ball award:
Gyan Asamoah - Ghana
Diego Forlan - Uruguay
Andres Iniesta - Spain
Lionel Messi - Argentina
Mesut Ozil - Germany
Arjen Robben - Netherlands
Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany
Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands
David Villa - Spain
Xavi Hernandez - Spain
FIFA Young player of the tournament:
Andre Ayew - Ghana
Giovani Dos Santos - Mexico
Thomas Muller - Germany
It will be interesting to see how the final and the battle for 3rd place will affect who wins, while Xavi won the EURO 2008 best player of the tournament, we could see Wesley Sneijder or Robben claim the award for the 2010 World Cup.

FIFA has announced the shortlist for the Best Young Player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They sure had a great crop of youngster to pick from this year as many of the top teams fielded young sides.

Best Young Player Announced After the Final

According to FIFA, The award continues the tradition of officially recognising the positive impact made by young footballers and is open to all participating players born on or after 1 January 1989.

FIFA has announced the shortlist for the Best Young Player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They sure had a great crop of youngster to pick from this year as many of the top teams fielded young sides.

Best Young Player Announced After the Final

According to FIFA, The award continues the tradition of officially recognising the positive impact made by young footballers and is open to all participating players born on or after 1 January 1989.

Bafana Bafana players and new coach Pitso Mosimane are confident that they are going to beat the Black Stars of Ghana on Wednesday night in the international friendly at Soccer City.

Coach Pitso Mosimane is Confident

According to football365 Mosimane insists he is in a confident mood ahead of the showdown, despite stating that the Black Stars would provide a true reflection of how well Bafana have progressed.

European's footballing elite, and Gary Lineker, helped bring the Champions League group stage to fruition in Monaco on Thursday afternoon. It was quite an event, one that could have taken place in under 20 minutes rather than the hour-plus afforded.

Either way, it's finalized. Chelsea, meanwhile, are probably feeling fairly good following a favorable draw.

Chelsea tasted defeat for the first time this season when they were beaten by Manchester City yesterday. A Carlos Tevez goal-the only one on the day, was enough to sink the blues and give them something to think about ahead of European action this week.

After losing their midweek Carling Cup Match to Newcastle, Ancelotti was quick to point out that the tournament was never their priority this season.

O vigésimo sexto jogo das eliminatórias da CAN 2012, foi realizado no dia 05/09/2010, na cidade de Lobamba-SWZ, no Somhlolo National Stadium, jogaram as seleções da Suazilândia (136º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Gana (23º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções, jogaram:
1998Lobamba 06/09/1998 SWZ0:1 (0:0)GHA
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Rajindraparsad Seechur-MRI
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Andre Ayew, aos 13 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Marseille-FRA, que marcou o 63º gol das eliminatórias e o seu segundo gol pela seleção de Gana.

Top 100 Young Players in World Football, 2010 (Don Balon) is a post from: Just Football

Here on Just Football we like to keep a keen eye on youth talent in football and emerging young stars of the game, as we did at the Under-20 World Cup in 2009 and the Under-19 European Championships in France earlier this year.

CAF has released its shortlist for the African Football of the Year with a number of regular star players missing from the list. This year's award will be hotly contested by Chelsea's Didier Drogba, Inter's Samuel Eto'o and Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan.

Both Drogba and Eto'o had stellar performances with their clubs, however, it is Gyan's World Cup exploits that is the highlight of them all.

First in a rather ambitious series of alliterative footballers. Starting, as you'd expect with the letter A. This was a relatively easy letter, I think I may struggle once I get to "your Qs and your Xs" of this world.. Nonetheless, here we go...

In goal is former Bolton Wanderers and now Wigan Athetic, Omani goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi.

PARIS, France Olympique Marseille opened a one-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 after they were held to a goalless home draw by Stade Rennes in a rescheduled game on Wednesday. The French champions, who have not conceded a goal in their last four outings in all competitions, have 26 points from 15 [.

PARIS, France — Paris Saint-Germain climbed to second place in the French first division with a 3-1 defeat of Brest on Saturday, as champions Marseille crashed to a last-gasp 1-0 loss at Nice. Marseille were bidding to take over at the summit from Lille, 6-3 victors over Lorient earlier in the day, but they were [.

The draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League was made this afternoon at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, and Manchester United have drawn French champions Marseille.

It's the third time in five seasons that United will face French opposition in the round of 16, and they'll be looking to make it third time victorious, after a 2-0 aggregate victory over Lille in the 2006/07 season and a 2-1 aggregate win over Lyon the following season on the way to conquering Europe.