Friday, December 2, 2016

Ronaldo, Messi and Griezmann to contest FIFA's annual award (Reuters)

Football Soccer - Atletico Madrid v PSV Eindhoven - UEFA Champions League group stage - Group D - Vicente Calderon stadium, Madrid, Spain - 23/11/16 Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann scores their second goal. REUTERS/Juan Medina - RTST14G

ZURICH, Dec 2 (Reuters) - - Frenchman Antoine Griezmann joined regulars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the shortlist for FIFA's Player of the Year award on Friday. Claudio Ranieri and Fernando Santos, the men behind two of the year's biggest surprises, were nominated for the best coach award alongside Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane. Germany's Melanie Behringer, last year's winner Carli Lloyd of the United States and Brazil's five-times winner Marta were nominated for the women's player of the year award.


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