Champions League positional awards: meet the nominees

Liverpool dominate the positional award shortlists for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League season, with 5 of their gamers making the lower following their success within the Madrid closing.THE NOMINEES IN NUMBERS Two of the Reds' spectacular again 4, plus goalkeeeper Alisson Becker, are in rivalry together with captain Jordan Henderson and ahead Sadio Mané.Positional award nominees for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League

Can you guess the Team of the Year nominees?

Can you guess the Team of the Year nominees?

The 50 players shortlisted for the annual UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year vote represent 14 clubs and 20 different national teams.UEFA.com users will get their chance to vote in the most spectacular annual footballing poll once the nominees are officially announced on Monday. In the meantime, how many of these gaps can you fill in? Seventeen of the players on the list have been nominated for the first time. At ??, ??? is the oldest player nominated. The tallest outfield player in the initial selection is ???, who stands at 1.95m. ... UEFA.com - News

Champions League positional awards: nominees announced

Champions League positional awards: nominees announced

Real Madrid once again dominate the UEFA Champions League positional award shortlists.THE NOMINEES IN NUMBERS European champions Madrid have six players nominated, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo who has joined Juventus since helping the Merengues to a third straight UEFA Champions League title in Kyiv in May. There are three nominees per position, with the winners set to be announced during the 2018/19 group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 30 August.Positional award nominees for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League seasonGoalkeepers: Alisson Becker (Roma, now Liverpool), Gianlui... UEFA.com - News

Dabritz: I can learn a lot from Mel

Dabritz: I can learn a lot from Mel

Asked to give her thoughts on 2016, Sara Dabritz's answer was concise and to the point. "It was a year full of highlights," she said in an exclusive interview with FIFA.com. It is a fitting description given her achievements over the past 12 months: she won the German championship, reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time and won gold at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament in Rio. The 21-year-old enjoyed those successes alongside team-mate Melanie Behringer. Both were key figures in those triumphs, so it came as no surprise to find the duo among the ten nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Player Award. Nevertheless, Dab... FIFA.com - News

All-Star football nominees are named

Alan Brogan - The Dublin forward is hotly tipped to be named player of the year The GAA and the GPA have named 45 players as nominees for the 2011 GAA GPA All-Star Football Awards sponsored by Opel. The county-by-county breakdown for nominees is as follows: Dublin 12, Kerry nine, Donegal seven, Mayo five, Kildare five, Cork three, Tyrone two, Wexford one and Derry one. The final team of 15 players will be presented at a banquet event at the Convention Centre, Dublin, on Friday 21 October. The full list of nominees is listed below. Goalkeepers: Brendan Kealy (Kerry), Stephen Cluxton (Dublin), Paul Durkan (Donegal). Full-backs: Michael Foley (Kildare), Neil McGee (Donegal), Frank McGlynn (Donegal), Marc Ó Sé (Kerry), Rory O'Carroll (Dublin), Tom O'Sullivan (Kerry), Joe