Ronaldo and Messi in Battle For Top Honor

Manchester United's Ronaldo and Barcelona's Messi are among 23 players on a shortlist announced by the world governing body on Wednesday.

Ronaldo's goals helped United win the English Premier League and the Champions League last season, while Messi inspired Argentina to win the Olympic gold medal.

Six members of Spain's European Championship-winning team -- Iker Casillas, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Fernando Torres, David Villa and Xavi Hernandez -- are also chasing the game's most prized individual award.

The 2007 winner, Brazil's Kaka, is also in contention.

Ten women were on FIFA's shortlist for top female player, including Brazil's Marta, Birgit Prinz of Germany and American duo Hope Solo and Shannon Boxx.

The candidate lists were drawn up by a team of experts assembled by FIFA, football's world governing body.

Voting is done by head coaches and captains of men's and women's national teams.

Three finalists in each contest will be named in December, before the winners are announced at a gala event on Jan. 12 at the Zurich Opera House.

Nominations for FIFA World Player 2008: Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Sergio Aguero (Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Kaka (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Franck Ribery (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain), Xavi Hernandez (Spain).

Nominations for FIFA Women's World Player 2008: Nadine Angerer (Germany), Shannon Boxx (United States), Cristiane (Brazil), Daniela (Brazil), Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany), Christine Sinclair (Canada), Kelly Smith (England), Hope Solo (United States), Ingvild Stensland (Norway).

Ronaldo's Girlfriend Is A Prostitute, Says British Paper

Unashamed British gossip rag and part-time life destroyer News of the World claim that a woman Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed a brief tryst with is not only a hooker, but also a drug dealer.

Their undercover reporter state that ''Fernanda" boasted of her ''REALLY good'' relationship with the silky Portuguese winger during a cocaine-induced sex orgy with another lady of the night.

The News of the World also state that their ''informer'' offers clients uninhibited full sex for £460, and sold their journalist two grams of ''Colombia's finest'' cocaine, gave him a strip show, and indulged in a lesbian act.

The Sunday tabloid - a ''newspaper'' that thrives on rumours, disgrace, and covert malice - say this is not the first time Cristiano Ronaldo has locked groins and reveled in the company of whores.

Last year he allegedly brought five back to his house for an orgiastic pool-side party.

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How many will Ronaldo score?

Love him or loathe him, you cannot deny that Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has been in outstanding goalscoring form this season. The winking winger has already netted 29 times this season and one bookmaker has opened a market on how many they think he will end up with.

Betfred, owned by Fred Done a self-confessed Manchester United superfan, have opened a market on how many Premier League goals they think the one-time boyfriend of reality TV wannabe Gemma Atkinson will go on to score this season after the United winger edged closer to several records with his stunning double against hapless Newcastle in the Premier League last weekend.

While Ronaldo is now only three short of George Best's club record for a winger of 32 in all competitions, it is Dennis Viollet's 32 league goals in a single campaign that is the £50m man's main target and Betfred make him 7/2 to exactly match that figure this term by scoring a further 11 goals in the 11 remaining Premier League fixtures.

The Portuguese star, who famously winked when helping get United team-mate Wayne Rooney sent off in the last World Cup, is 11/2 with Betfred to score exactly 33 league goals, which would surpass Viollet's club record set in 1959-60, and 12/1 to end the season with 34, which would equal the Premier League record held by Andrew Cole in the 1993-94 season and Alan Shearer in the following season. However both Cole's and Shearer's goalscoring feats were achieved over a season of 42 games instead of the current 38.

Ronaldo remains an outsider though to score 35 or more Premier league goals this season and is a 25/1 shot to hit those heights with Betfred.

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7. Cristiano Ronaldo

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Birthdate:	05 Feb 1985
Birthplace:	Madeira
Position:	Winger
Appearances:	208
Joined United:	12 Aug 2003
United Debut:	16 Aug 2003 v Bolton (H)
International	Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo has just about exhausted all superlatives, except to say that having developed and matured from a young and inexperienced winger when he joined from Sporting Lisbon in 2003, he's now among the best and most dynamic attacking forces in the world.

Signed as a largely unknown 18-year-old for £12.24m, the story goes that Sir Alex was persuaded to sign him by his players on the plane home from a pre-season friendly against Sporting that summer. In truth, the boss had long been aware of his ability. The urgency to sign him stemmed from interest from other top European clubs. This was a target Sir Alex simply

couldn’t let slip through the net.

Ronaldo wasted little time in showing off his sublime skills with a stunning 30-minute debut against Bolton at Old Trafford in August 2003. After 39 appearances and eight goals – including the opener in the FA Cup final win over Millwall – he was named the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year for 2003/04. His second season never quite lived up to his first. But some late season form saw him end the 2004/05 campaign with nine goals in 50 appearances. In 2005/06 Ronny again reserved his best form for the latter half of the season, a clear sign that, despite his undoubted talent, this was a player still honing his talent.
Then came the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, a truly defining moment. In the quarter finals against England, Cristiano was blamed for Wayne Rooney’s sending off, the scapegoat for England’s exit. Some wondered if he would even return to Manchester. But Sir Alex’s calming words assured him. After all, it’d happened before with Eric Cantona in 1995 and David Beckham in 1998. The best players respond to adversity, and he did just that.

United’s title success was undoubtedly a team effort, but one player was central to almost every major plotline. It began with the barnstorming

5-1 win over Fulham – Ronaldo and Rooney running the show and very publicly rubbishing claims the two were at odds. Dazzling wing-play was backed with regular assists and crucial goals, including seven in five games over Christmas and then a last-gasp winner against Fulham in February.

His form brought renewed interest from Spain, but United’s No.7 signed a new five-year deal until 2012 insisting, “I’m happy here.” In 2006/07 he claimed 14 individual awards and, most crucially, his first Premiership medal. The soundtrack to Cristiano’s campaign may have begun with a chorus of boos, but it ended with cacophonous applause.

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