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| Morgan Andersen, former director
of Norwegian club Lyn, was handed a one-year suspended jail
sentence by an Oslo court on Wednesday for forging contracts
relating to Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel in 2005.
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| Following is a list of winners of
the Ballon d'Or award:
1956 - Stanley Matthews (England)
1957 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain)
1958 - Raymond Kopa (France)
1959 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain)
1960 - Luis Suarez (Spain)
1961 - Omar Sivori (Italy)
1962 - Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
1963 - Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
1964 - Denis Law (Scotland)
1965 - Eusebio (Portugal)
1966 - Bobby Charlton (England)
1967 - Florian Albert (Hungary)
1968 - George Best (Northern Ireland)
1969 - Gianni Rivera (Italy)
1970 - Gerd Mueller (West Germany)
1971 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1972 - Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
1973 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1974 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1975 - Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union)
1976 - Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
1977 - Allan Simonsen (Denmark)
1978 - Kevin Keegan (England)
1979 - Kevin Keegan (England)
1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
1982 - Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1983 - Michel Platini (France)
1984 - Michel Platini (France)
1985 - Michel Platini (France)
1986 - Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)
1987 - Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
1988 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1989 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1990 - Lothar Matthaeus (Germany)
1991 - Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
1992 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1993 - Roberto Baggio (Italy)
1994 - Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
1995 - George Weah (Liberia)
1996 - Matthias Sammer (Germany)
1997 - Ronaldo (Brazil)
1998 - Zinedine Zidane (France)
1999 - Rivaldo (Brazil)
2000 - Luis Figo (Portugal)
2001 - Michael Owen (England)
2002 - Ronaldo (Brazil)
2003 - Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
2004 - Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
2005 - Ronaldinho (Brazil)
2006 - Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
2007 - Kaka (Brazil)
(Compiled by Patrick Vignal; Editing by Justin Palmer)
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| Norway 2 Malta 0 - latest score from Oslo
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| It's the same knee that has caused the Manchester United striker problems - 31 May 2007 - OSLO - Manchester United's veteran striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is out of Norway's European Championship qualifier against Malta on Saturday after suffering a knee injury, the Norwegian federation said on Wednesday. |
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Manchester United beat Wigan, 2-0, and Bolton held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw, enabling the Red Devils to win the English Premier League title for the second straight season.
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| Round-up of the weekend soccer
action in eastern Europe:
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| Figueirense came back
from three goals down to draw 5-5 at Portuguesa on Sunday,
livening up an otherwise disappointing start to the Brazilian
championship.
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| River Plate, knocked out
of the Libertadores Cup in astonishing style by nine-man San
Lorenzo, bounced back to beat Gimnasia-La Plata 4-2 in the
Argentine championship on Sunday.
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| Sven Goran Eriksson is poised to leave Manchester City in the next few days after a humiliating 8-1 defeat to Middlesbrough on the final day of the Premier League season. |
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| Reading manager Steve Coppell will spend the next few days considering his future and talking with Royals chairman John Madjeski following the club's relegation to the Championship. |
