The 10 nominated goals for FIFA's first annual Puskás Award have been announced. Basically FIFA has selected ten beautiful goals scored between July 2008 and July 2009, and then the public votes for the goal of the year. You can see the videos on FIFA's website, but you have to click them individually, select your [.

- Thierry Henry wants y'all to say hello to Dobu, the official teddy bear of the AIDS foundation jointly organized by FC Barcelona and UNICEF. Titi got to meet him along with Leo Messi, Rafa Marquez, Andres Iniesta and Bojan Krkic yesterday (more pictures here) while other Barca players previously shot an ad for the campaign, which is aimed at children through having them play a series of games.

Not that there was ever much doubt but once his brilliant header flew past Edwin Van Der Sar in the European Cup final Lionel Messi was always going to be this years recipient of the Balon d'Or. The little genius from Argentina lit up European football throughout season 2008-09, playing an instrumental role in Barcelona becoming the first Spanish club to do the treble.

Diminutive attacker takes award by a country mile.

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Final Ballon d'Or standings:
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) 473 points
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Barcelona star Lionel Messi has the chance to add the Fifa World Player of the Year award to his Ballon d'Or prize for being Europe's best player.

Steven Gerrard spoke to UEFA.com on the 10th April 2009 after making his 100th European appearance in the 4-0 thumping of Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarterfinals. He even scored two goals to celebrate his centennial match.
In that interview after the match, he spoke about four players who excite him, the four he mentioned were Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

WOW!! Soy el unico que cree que Andres Iniesta es identico al actor Clint Howard? Sera su hijo ilegitimo?

Argentina and FC Barcelona winger Lionel Messi has been named as FIFA World Player of the Year 2009. The 22-year-old was selected via voting among national team captains and coaches over 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo, 2007 winner Kaka, and FC Barcelona teammates Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta. Messi won a Spanish La Liga title, Copa del Rey [.

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Lionel Messi fue el mejor jugador del 2009 y Cristiano Ronaldo recibió el premio al mejor gol del año Ferenc Puskas.
Pero ¿Cual fue el 11 ideal de estos 365 días?
La international professional footballers' union FIFPro, fueron los que escogieron al dream team de entre todos los futbolistas profesionales del mundo aquí esta la lista con un impresionante 4-3-3:

Portero
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Defensas
John Terry (Chelsea)
Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
Patrice Evra (Man Utd)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)

Mediocampistas
Xavi (Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Delanteros
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool).

Lionel Messi has won another individual award for the 2009 season as FIFA named him "Player Of The Year". It was not a surprise as Messi has had a tremendous season with FC Barcelona and recently won the the Ballon d'Or. Barcelona won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, and 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres took a private jet to Zurich yesterday for the FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a brief respite from the crisis engulfing Anfield.
It was an opportunity to rub shoulders with football's elite at a time when Liverpool's awful form has made a mockery of their claims to be among the world's leading clubs and Rafael Benitez's bold prediction that his side will finish in the top four of the Barclays Premier League once more.

Messi has conquered everything there is to conquer, after winning the Ballon D'Or, he snatches the FIFA World Player of the Year award, perfecting the year for him and his mates at Barcelona. It seemed obvious that the award would go to Messi, not only did he guide the phenomenal Barcelona team to the famed treble, but he gave Barca the World Club Cup, allowing Guardiola to say that every tournament he has entered with Barcelona in, he has won.

As expected Lionel Messi won this year's Ballon d'Or to be crowned as the best player in Europe. It was an expected result with a record margin of victory. Cristiano Ronaldo finished second with 233 points while Lionel messi amased a record 473 points. Xavi received 170 points finishing third while Iniesta received 149 points finishing fourth.

FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi was named the winner of the Ballon d'Or, honoring the top player in Europe. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo by a record margin while Barcelona teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta finished third and fourth respectively.

The award, presented by France Football and voted by journalists throughout Europe, went to Messi after he led Barcelona to the La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles last season.

FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi was named the winner of the Ballon d'Or, honoring the top player in Europe. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo by a record margin while Barcelona teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta finished third and fourth respectively.

The award, presented by France Football and voted by journalists throughout Europe, went to Messi after he led Barcelona to the La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles last season.

As expected Lionel Messi succeeded Cristiano Ronaldo as the winner of the Ballon d'Or award. The Barcelona star comfortably won the prize but he admitted his surprise at the margin of victory as he received 240 points more than Cristiano Ronaldo who finished second.

Messi was quite close to winning all 480 points possible as he finished with a near perfect 473 points while Real Madrid's Ronaldo got 233 points which is less than half of Messi's total!

Congratulations to Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who takes the Ballon d'Or this year. He was voted head and mini-shoulders above the rest of the competition by journalists as the best player in Europe.

It's the first time an Argentinian player has won and Leo won big beating last year's winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, by the biggest vote margin in the competition's history.

Congratulations to Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who takes the Ballon d'Or this year. He was voted head and mini-shoulders above the rest of the competition by journalists as the best player in Europe.

It's the first time an Argentinian player has won and Leo won big beating last year's winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, by the biggest vote margin in the competition's history.

The final contains Honduras, Chile, Spain and Switzerland. Spain will win the group, and Switzerland and Chile will fight for second place with Chile pulling a mild upset and knocking the Swiss out of the World Cup

Group H Teams
SPAIN

Manager: Vicente del Bosque
Key player: Xavi
Best: Fourth (1950)
World ranking: 1

Spain matched the feats of England and the Netherlands, qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with two qualifying group matches to spare thanks to a workmanlike 3-0 defeat of Estonia in Merida.

The creation of the Ferenc Puskas award was mentioned on the main page awhile back, and now voting has opened for the ten nominees. Fernando Torres' stroke of magic against Blackburn at Anfield is among those, as are strikes by Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Essien, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Andres Iniesta (but we all know it was really Tom Ovrebo).

LIONEL MESSI, XAVI HERNANDEZ & ANDRES INIESTA (FCBarcelona), & CRISTIANO RONALDO & KAKÁ (Real Madrid), are the 5 candidates given by FIFA who will be opting for this year Fifa World Player.(marca.com)The indicators are clear, they all play in the Spanish League & thisyears winner will either come from FC Barcelona & Real Madrid.

Leo Messi heads a Barcelona contingent to the top five world players of the year category with Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. The others are Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka. It is heavily Eurocentric. No player from outside the European leagues has ever won the award.

FIFA acaba de sacar un nuevo premio y es al mejor gol del año , nombrado Ferenc Puskas el mítico jugador hungaro , idolo y crack mundial de la época de los 50. Su nombre real era Purczfeld, de origen alemán (lo cambió por Puskás, escopeta en húngaro, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial) nació en Budapest el 2 de abril de 1927 y falleció el 17 de noviembre de 2006, en su ciudad natal de Budapest (Hungría).

FIFA has announced the final five nominees for FIFA World Player of the Year. It's a match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. FC Barcelona has three players nominated for the prestigous award. Balon d'Or winner Lionel Messi is nominated along with his team mates Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta.

Leo gives us his 'I'm ridiculous' face. Sending out nominees is the cool thing to do this time of year. UEFA did it yesterday and the Ballon d'Or is so cool they got the final award out of the way back in November. Which means it's time for more and FIFA are next up. Because FIFA always [...]

"Sorry Huh Huh, your side will crumble, you will cry, your mum will cry". It's heartwarming to see proper fans using comment boxes to offer their mature and well considered opinions. So begins the World Cup Bafana Bafana 2010 official World Cup trash talk challenge. Send in your examples of players, managers and fans having a go if you see any.

T'was a wonderful footy weekend involving grown men touching each other. Personal space on the pitch was at a premium, with many guys showering affection unto each other. Some of it was hot. Some of it was not.

For two action-packed days, we bore witness to uninvited cheek-to-cheek action (Bobby Zamora, Fulham; David Nugent, Burnley), in-yo-face lecturing (Daniel Agger & Steven Gerrard, Liverpool; The Ref; Andrey Arshavin, Arsenal) and earlobe caressing (Diego De Ascentis, Atalanta).

This could lead to a heated debate as the implications transcend beyond choosing the best club to include the competitive nature of some of Europe's top leagues (namely the English Premier League, the Spanish la Liga and Italian Serie A). English and Italian fans may disagree but Barcelona's players have clearly staked a claim to the title of the best club in 2009 considering they have won the treble- la Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League of course.

Check out the passing on the second goal in these highlights:
Barcelona now faces Argentina's Estudiantes Saturday at 10 a.m. CT on FSC for the FIFA Club World Cup title. They will have to do so without Andres Iniesta, who was injured in the game against Atlante.

Big Shots es una pagina dedicada a la fotografía, en esta ocasión sacaron una recopilación de fotografía deportiva.

Sin duda una de las mas curiosas y llenas de movimiento es esta, Michael Ballack reclama un penal en el polémico partido Chelsea vs Barcelona en Stamford Bridge. En ese día 6 de Mayo del 2009 el Barcelona por el gol de visitante que anoto Andres Iniesta paso a la Gran final de la Champions League en Roma.

Barcelona v Estudiantes
Club World Cup 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009,
Kick-Off: 20:00 local (16:00 GMT)
Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi

King Of The World

The talk right now all focuses around Barcelona's sixth trophy. It's almost as if they've already lifted it.

The matches to watch after you realize Tiny Vampire Santa Saves Christmas will be released worldwide next November.

Saturday

Fulham v Manchester United at Craven Cottage When these two last met at Craven Cottage, Fulham won 2-0 and got Wayne Rooney to throw a little hissy fit (which, admittedly, isn't that difficult).

Barcelona will attempt to conquer the world today as it plays in the FIFA Club World Cup Final against Argentine side Estudiantes.

Barca will look to add the Club World Cup to its European and La Liga titles and will be favored to do so even without injured star Andres Iniesta.

Barcelona will attempt to conquer the world today as it plays in the FIFA Club World Cup Final against Argentine side Estudiantes.

Barca will look to add the Club World Cup to its European and La Liga titles and will be favored to do so even without injured star Andres Iniesta.

FIFA World Player of the Year press conference or announcement of a boy band reunion tour? You decide.

A few notes on this picture:

1. Why is Iniesta staring at us?
2. With that jacket and white scarf, Cristiano looks like an old-timey pilot.
3. Kaka has the air of the band member who forged a successful solo career and only came back to help out his hard-up bandmates.

by FRANCO PANIZO

From an individual stand-point, Lionel Messi has enjoyed a dream year, helping Barcelona win an unprecedented six trophies, and those achievements helped earn him the ultimate individual award.

Messi was named the FIFA World Player of the Year on Monday, just two days after scoring the game-winning goal in the FIFA Club World Cup final.

by FRANCO PANIZO

From an individual stand-point, Lionel Messi has enjoyed a dream year, helping Barcelona win an unprecedented six trophies, and those achievements helped earn him the ultimate individual award.

Messi was named the FIFA World Player of the Year on Monday, just two days after scoring the game-winning goal in the FIFA Club World Cup final.

Brazilian, Marta and Argentinian, Lionel Messi - World Player of the Year - Female and Male

Lionel Messi became the first Argentine to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award on Monday. He was presented with the trophy at a glittering awards gala in Zurich.

European Footballer of the Year

The 22-year-old forward, who also landed the European Footballer of the Year prize earlier this month, picked up the accolade after collecting four major titles with Barcelona the Champions League, the Club World Cup, La Liga and the King's Cup

Champions League Final

Lionel Messi, who headed the clinching goal against Manchester United in the Champions League final, also scored on Saturday to secure the FIFA Club World Cup for Barcelona against Estudiantes.

Exactly one day after helping Barca secure the World Club Championship with his "Goal from the Heart", Lionel Messi was adjudged the as the FIFA World Player of the Year. It come as no surprise as everyone expected him to win this hands down. Messi secured 1073 points and the second placed Ronaldo secured 352 points.

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La picardia, el encarar , el talento y rapidez mental conjugados con tiempo y espacio dan como resultado trazos en la cancha que terminan como pases para gol.
Muchos mediocampistas terminan en el olvido mientras el anotador de manera egoísta festeja la anotación.