SPORTS: NEYMAR JR MISSING ON FIFA BALLON D’OR LIST

Wednesday July 25, 2018

By Aiden Graw

www.mknewslink.com

FOOTBALL NEWS:

FIFA the World Football governing body on Tuesday evening released a ten man shortlist for the 2018 Ballon D’or, an accolade that is given to the Men’s best Player.

However, Brazil and PSG star Neymar Junior has been left out of the shortlist.

Neymar, has for long been expected by many fans and panelists to be the most likely player to break the Ronaldo-Messi dominance.

It should also be remembered that Neymar recently admitted that it was his main motivation his transfer to PSG, was a move he made to step out of Messi’s shadow.

However, just like Messi and Ronaldo, the player didn’t have a good tourney in the just concluded FIFA World Cup In Russia.

The list has been headlined by top World Cup performers in Julian Mbappe and Luka Modric.

Also, Tottenham striker and England captain Harry Kane, who won the Golden Boot in Russia with six goals made the shortlist.

Eden Hazard who won the Silver Ball in Russia after inspiring Belgium to third – their best World Cup finish, made it to the list.

Mo Salah who didn’t only have a stellar season with Liverpool but also took Egypt to the World Cup is also on the list.

Kevin De Bruyne, Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane are also on the list.

Ronaldo who scored 54 goals in 54 games in all competitions in a year Teal Madrid won a third Champions League title in a row, and Lionel Messi who guided Barcelona to League triumph were enlisted, as expected.

It should be noted that the awards ceremony will be held in London later this year in September.

Full shortlist

Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus & Portugal
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City & Belgium
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid & France
Eden Hazard – Chelsea & Belgium
Harry Kane – Tottenham & England
Kylian Mbappe – Paris St-Germain & France
Lionel Messi – Barcelona & Argentina
Luka Modric – Real Madrid & Croatia
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool & Egypt
Raphael Varane – Real Madrid & France

CRESTED CRANES TO BEAT RWANDA TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP

CECAFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2018
Rwanda vs Uganda -5:15pm
Stade Kigali, Nyamirambo

Crested Cranes will return to action on Wednesday with hopes of bouncing back from the 4-1 loss to Tanzania.

Faridah Bulega’s charges will face hosts Rwanda in a tricky fixture for either side with Rwanda also coming into this game on the back of a 3-0 loss to Ethiopia.

Uganda is still top of the table with six points and victory against Rwanda will give Uganda pole position to lift the championship.

Despite the heavy loss on Monday, Bulega is confident her team has the ability to bounce back.

” The morale is still high in the camp despite the loss to Tanzania. The girls are still committed and we are aware of what is at stake in the game against Rwanda.” She told AidenGraw.

Victory will take Uganda to nine points and that would only leave Ethiopia as the only team with a chance to deny Uganda the title.

THE CRESTED CRANES

Defending champions Tanzania have 4 points with one game to play while Kenya and Ethiopia have 1 and 3 points respectively from two games.

This year’s tournament is played in a round robin format with the team with most points at the end winning the championship.

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