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AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has already congratulated his star Brazilian striker Kaka for what appears to be his anticipated collection of the European Footballer of the Year award.

UEFA president Michel Platini said the final of the European Champions League would be played on a Saturday from 2010 onwards.

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The Champions
League final will be staged on a Saturday from 2009, a UEFA
source told Reuters on Friday.

Argentina’s Juan Roman Riquelme
cannot play for Boca Juniors in the Club World Cup next month,
FIFA said on Friday.

American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley will have surgery to repair a damaged knee ligament and will miss most of the remainder of Glasgow Rangers’ season. The 25-year-old was hurt in a collision with Stuttgart goalkeeper Raphael Schafer during Rangers’ 3-2 loss Tuesday in the European Champions League on Tuesday and taken off the field on a stretcher.

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FIFA named
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Brazil’s Kaka and Argentina’s
Lionel Messi on Friday as the three finalists for the 2007 World
Player of the Year award.

Everton boss David Moyes has revealed he would like to manage his native Scotland one day but only when he is older.