Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro was named Best Player at the Italian Football Oscars on Monday.
The Italian defender ended Ronaldinho's two-year reign as World Player of the Year after he also succeeded the Barcelona playmaker as European Footballer of the Year.
The Italian defender collected 40 percent of the readers' vote conducted annually by a British-based sports magazine.
Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane have been shortlisted for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
The 33-year-old defender won the vote by 52 journalists organised by France Football magazine.
Injured David Beckham and Ronaldo have been left out of the Real Madrid squad for the match against Lyon.
Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon is expected to favour a move to AC Milan rather than Arsenal.
Arsenal's Spain forward Jose Antonio Reyes has said if Real Madrid made an offer for him it would be difficult to say 'no'.
Italy's World Cup-winning captain is looking forward to the challenge of helping Real Madrid get back to winning ways next season.
Pictures showed Fabio Cannavaro holding up a piece of green malachite that has broken off its base.
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The English side drew goalless with Juventus in the second leg, but made it to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande began the defence of their Chinese Super League (CSL) title with a 2-0 victory against Shanghai Shenhua as the delayed 2020 campaign, revamped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finally kicked off over the weekend.
World and European player of the year Fabio Cannavaro has denied reports that he will leave Real Madrid and has said he aiming to help the Spanish champions win a record 10th European Cup this season.
Juan Sebastian Veron said he appeared in the film in which Fabio Cannavaro is seen using a drip on the eve of the 1999 UEFA Cup final.
Inter Milan defender Fabio Cannavaro has warned Champions League opponents Dynamo Kiev to banish thoughts of a classic Italian counter-attacking game.
The Chinese Super League will kick off on July 25 after a delay of almost five months from its scheduled start, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) said on Wednesday. The league was originally set to start on February 22 but was postponed indefinitely because of the spread of COVID-19, which first emerged in China late last year.
Brazil forward Robinho ended his third spell at Santos on Tuesday with local media reporting he was set to join up with former Selecao coach Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande.
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Zenit St Petersburg's Brazilian striker Hulk has pulled out of Saturday's World Cup qualifying draw, only days after complaining of "gross and ugly" racism in Russian football.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has criticised FIFA's Ballon d'Or award given to the world's best player for glorifying the individual at the expense of the team.
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