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Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
Messi edges Falcao at top of AP soccer rankings
Lionel Messi narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals in a calendar year. The Barcelona ...
Messi breaks 40-year record with 86th goal of 2012
Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday.
Messi, Ronaldo, Wambach up for FIFA awards
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta are the finalists for FIFA's world player of the year award. They were picked from a list of 23 ...
Messi back at top of AP rankings, Iniesta 3rd
Lionel Messi moved back to the top of the AP Global Soccer rankings, and Barcelona stayed No. 1 in the team poll after a 4-0 win over Levante in the ...
Inter and Milito head AP Global Soccer 10 poll
Inter Milan moved to the top of the AP Global 10 soccer rankings by The Associated Press on Tuesday, replacing Barcelona after ending Juventus' ...
Global Soccer 10 List
The Associated Press' inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 for the week ending Oct. 20. Voting is by an 18-member panel of international soccer writers: ...
Messi leads inaugural AP soccer poll
The Associated Press has released its inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 rankings, with Lionel Messi voted the best soccer player in the world and his ...
Column: Ronaldo should edge Messi for Ballon d'Or
This time a year ago, the race between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the world player of 2011 award wasn't a race at all, with the Argentine ...
La Liga, Serie A vanish for many US viewers
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's league matches will disappear from the television sets of many American soccer fans, starting this weekend.
EYES ON LONDON: Hulk, Uzbek dolls, Spice Girls
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ BUT IS ...
Column: Spanish masters turn soccer into art
Even in slow-motion replays, Spain still seemed to play at 1 million miles an hour. The Italians? Well, they looked as though they'd been locked ...
EURO 2012 LIVE: Spain vs. France
It's Spain versus France for a place in the European Championship semifinals on Saturday — the most anticipated match of the tournament so far.