TOKYO: Irish top footballer, Manchester United captain Roy Keane, was sent home from Ireland's World Cup squad after a verbal conflict with the team manager. He was the first player sent off before ……

Charlton Athletic. Exactly one year ago, Zheng landed in London. Although a top footballer in China..., Zheng scored his sixth goal of the season, making him Charlton's third top goal-scorer. "He ……

turn him into a top footballer. Barcelona could be seeing a lot more of him next year if he does... the match, the manager of Barcelona, Pep Guardiola, put his bets (打赌) on Messi to come out on top ……

turned on him for not sticking with the club that helped turn him into a top footballer. Barcelona... Footballer of the Year title.While both are known for being great entertainers, their attitudes towards ……

runner up as Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved was named as Europe's top footballer of 2003.But Thierry... pace and sublime first touch guided Arsenal to the Double in 2002 and him to the top of the scoring ……

CHELSEA midfielder Frank Lampard has won the Football Writers' Footballer of the Year award. He was Chelsea's top scorer with 12 English Premiership goals as they won their first title since 1955 ……

范志毅当选年度最佳球员CHINESE football player Fan Zhiyi picked up (获得) the Asian Footballer of the Year 2001 Award in Shanghai last Friday.Fan is the first Chinese player to win the top individual (个人的) honour ……

Beckham's millionsENGLAND footballer David Beckham became Britain's richest sportsman this year. He... Lennox Lewis was top with ￡30 million (US$50 million). But this year he did not even earn half ……

footballer Zinedine Zidane as Europe's top player of the past 50 years on Thursday. UEFA, European football'sgoverning body(管理机构) , asked fans to choose.On top of AsiaChina's women footballers ……

AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko has been named European Footballer of the Year, one of world... and finished top scorer in Italy's Serie A league with 24 goals.Shevchenko is the first Ukrainian ……

English first Division team Manchester City for which Chinese footballer Sun Jihai plays beat WolverHampton in a match on Monday. ……

footballer Qi Hong and top women's soccer player Sun Wen.Yao returned to Shanghai last month ……

日) of the day he and his girlfriend, Tina, fell in love .Baggio's 200thItalian footballer Roberto Baggio scored... will retire (退役) at the end of this season.Super Dan winsLin Dan, 20, the world's top badminton player ……

LIONEL Messi makes it harder to answer the question: Who is the best footballer today? After... to the top scorer in European leagues last season. Messi received the prize after scoring 34 goals to help ……

Zheng to RangersZHENG Zhi, Chinese Footballer of the Year for 2003, may join Scottish premier... Shenzhen, has been widely tipped as the next Chinese footballer to play in Europe following Sun Jihai, Li ……