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Cristiano Ronaldo wins 3rd FIFA Player of the Year award ZURICH (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Player of the Year award for the second straight year on Monday and third time overall. The Portuguese forward, who led Real Madrid to its record 10th European title, received 37.66 percent of votes of national team coaches and captains and selected media to add to the FIFA awards he won in 2008 and 2013. Ronaldo scored 61 goals last year for club and country, and set a Champions League season record with 17. "I want to become one of the greatest players of all time," he said through a translator in his acceptance speech. "Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope to get there." Lionel Messi, the Argentine star forward on Barcelona, was second in voting with 15.76 percent, just ahead of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (15.72), who helped Germany to the World Cup title. On hearing his name read out by French great Thierry Henry, the 29-year-ol...

The story of Brazil's 'sacred' yellow and green jersey Why Brazil changed from white to yellow   When Brazil play their first knockout game of this World Cup on Saturday, a football-crazy nation will be rooting for them. But many lovers of the game elsewhere will also be hoping to see the daring, imaginative play they have come to associate with the distinctive yellow shirt. It is an international symbol of joy. A football shirt that conjures up images of the game's greatest players, playing the beautiful game in the most beautiful of ways. It has become synonymous with the glamour, magic and fun of Brazilian football on the backs of players such as Pele, Jairzinho, Zico and Socrates, who took football to new heights during the second half of the 20th Century. "For Brazilians, that yellow jersey is sacred," says Carlos Alberto, captain of the great 1970 World Cup-winning side. "When we wear it, of course we fee...

ARSENAL FOUGHT BACK TO WIN THE FA CUP 3-2 17th May, 2014 Aaron Ramsey's extra-time winner ensured Arsenal ended their nine-year wait for a trophy as they came from two goals behind to beat Hull City in a dramatic FA Cup final at Wembley. The Gunners started as firm favourites but were stunned as goals from James Chester and Curtis Davies gave Hull a flying start inside the first eight minutes. Santi Cazorla's superb free-kick put Arsenal back in contention before half-time and Laurent Koscielny scrambled in the equaliser after 71 minutes. And as Arsenal looked the stronger, superior team in extra time, Ramsey, whose absence through injury hit them so hard in the latter part of the season, completed the comeback with an instinctive strike with 11 minutes of the extra period left. Arsenal survived anxious moments as Hull pressed forward in desperation - but referee Lee Probert's final whistle signalled the end of the agonising 3,283-day wait for ...

ARSENAL FOUGHT BACK TO WIN THE FA CUP 3-2 17th May, 2014 Aaron Ramsey's extra-time winner ensured Arsenal ended their nine-year wait for a trophy as they came from two goals behind to beat Hull City in a dramatic FA Cup final at Wembley. The Gunners started as firm favourites but were stunned as goals from James Chester and Curtis Davies gave Hull a flying start inside the first eight minutes. Santi Cazorla's superb free-kick put Arsenal back in contention before half-time and Laurent Koscielny scrambled in the equaliser after 71 minutes. And as Arsenal looked the stronger, superior team in extra time, Ramsey, whose absence through injury hit them so hard in the latter part of the season, completed the comeback with an instinctive strike with 11 minutes of the extra period left. Arsenal survived anxious moments as Hull pressed forward in desperation - but referee Lee Probert's final whistle signalled the ...

Atletico Madrid crowned La Liga champions 17th May, 2014 A jubilant Diego Simeone is thrown in the air by his players following the 1-1 draw at the Nou Camp Atletico Madrid won the Spanish league title in extraordinary circumstances Saturday courtesy of a draw at Barcelona that denied the Catalan club the crown. In a breathless end to a compelling La Liga season, the 1-1 draw meant Atletico won their first championship since 1995/96 and in doing so they broke the hearts of the majority of the 98,000 fans present at the Camp Nou. It was the Uruguayan defender Diego Godin who wrote his name into Los Rojiblancos' folklore, the 28-year-old rising high to plant a header into the Barca net just after halftime and stun the home side who were hoping to win their fourth title in only five seasons. But after Godin had canceled out Alexis Sanchez's fabulous first-half strike for Barca, the defending champions could find no way back against a team which ...

Sevilla beat cursed Benefica on penalties in Europa League final-CNN May 14, 2014  The party begins in Turin as Sevilla celebrate winning their first European title since 2007 and the third in the club's history. Europa champions Spain are an unstoppable force in European football. Sevilla beat Benefica in a penalty shootout to win the Europa League Wednesday with La Liga rivals Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid guaranteed to claim the Champions League crown. As an hors d'oeuvre to the mouthwatering final on 24 May, the Europa League provided plenty of drama. Sevilla edged out their Portuguese rivals 4-2 on penalties after a tense 120 minutes of play at the Juventus Stadium in Turin. The Spanish side joined an elite group of teams to have lifted the European trophy three times following their UEFA Cup wins in 2006 and 2007. Benefica have now lost eight European finals -- and the club's peculiar curse continues . Af...

Sevilla win Europa League final :See Pictures   Sevilla win the Europa League after beating Benfica - who have now lost their last eight European finals - 4-2 on penalties. Sevilla secured their third Europa League triumph in nine seasons as Benfica lost a dramatic penalty shootout, their eighth straight European final defeat. Both sides wasted fine chances to settle the tie before penalties, Carlos Bacca blazing wide for Sevilla in extra time after racing through on goal. Benfica forward Lima had an effort hooked off the line. Kevin Gameiro stroked home Sevilla's winner from the spot. Carlos Bacca, Stephane Mbia, who is on loan from Queens Park Rangers, and Coke were also on target for the Spanish club. Brazilian forward Lima and Luisao did find the net for Benfica but Beto, Sevilla's Portugal-born keeper, made crucial saves to keep ou...

Manchester City Wins  English Premier League Title (Champions Of England)See Final League Table 11thth may, 2014 Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the second time in three years by beating West Ham United on the final day of a dramatic season.  Liverpool beat Newcastle United 2-1 to finish runners-up.   See League Table Pos ition Team P layed G oal D ifference P oin ts 1 Man City 38 65 86 2 Liverpool 38 51 84 3 Chelsea 38 44 82 4 Arsenal 38 27 79 5 Everton 38 22 72 6 Tottenham 38 4 69 7 Man Utd 38 21 64 8 Southampton 38 8 56 9 Stoke 38 -7 50 10 Newcastle 38 -16 49 11 Crystal Palace 38 -15 45 ...

Atletic Madrid Defeated Chelsea To Reach Its First Champion's League Since 1972 Chelsea's hopes of reaching a third Champions League final in six years were ended as Atletico Madrid produced a stunning counter-attacking display at Stamford Bridge to set up a final against city rivals Real. Jose Mourinho's side went ahead in the tie when Fernando Torres put Chelsea in front with a goal against his former club nine minutes before half-time. But Chelsea allowed Atletico back into the match just before the interval, as Adrian Lopez scrambled home. With Atletico ahead on the away goals rule following a goalless first leg, Chelsea needed to score to reach the Lisbon final but it was the Spaniards who struck again, Diego Costa putting them in front from the penalty spot before the excellent Arda Turan added a third with 18 minutes remaining. At the final whistle, the visitors danced in front of their fans as John Terry stood in the centre circle and shed ...

Real Madrid thrash Bayern Munich to reach UEFA Champions League final 29th April 2014 Courtesy:BBC News Real Madrid sailed into their first Champions League final since 2002 with an astonishingly one-sided away victory over holders Bayern Munich. Sergio Ramos scored two headers from set-pieces before Cristiano Ronaldo rounded off a counter-attack to all but end the game as a contest. Ronaldo added a late free-kick for his record 16th goal of the European campaign to seal a 5-0 aggregate win. Real will face either Chelsea or Atletico Madrid in the final in Lisbon. The defeat was a humiliation for Bayern, who last year thrashed Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals before overcoming fellow Germans Borussia Dortmund to lift the trophy for the fifth time. And the result will increase the pressure on manager Pep Guardiola amid the growing feeling that, despite winning the Bundesliga in record time, he has not delivered the progress his employers were expe...

When I was growing up, the few times that such nonsense ever happened in my area, the men and women in the act were taken to pastors who prayed for them to be delivered from the spirit controlling and pushing them into such shameful act. But these days, some pastors are the one getting controlled by that same spirit. The Senior Pastor and general Overseer of Maximum Deliverance Church, Pastor John Simon was caught live in the act by policemen sent by a top military officer to secretly monitor the pastor and his wife... Unfortunately, people are saying Pastor Simon may be using something on women he loves that confuses them and make them do anything with him. As seen in the photos, two woman, including the police officer's wife were nudé in his bedroom with him when the soldiers busted him in the act. Now he is begging. Dear pastors, please advise yourselves, this mess is getting too much!