Tags
Franck Ribery believes he can beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the World Player of the Year award, the Ballon d’Or, on Monday.
“I believe I have a great chance. The team and I performed very well in 2013,” the Bayern Munich and France winger told the German club’s website.
Ribery, who was already named European player of the year, added: “We will see what happens. I can only wait.”
Barcelona’s Messi won the award the past four years, and Real Madrid’s Ronaldo in 2008. The 2013 Ballon d’Or winner is announced at a gala of the ruling body FIFA in Zurich on Monday.
Ribery will fly direct to Switzerland from Bayern’s training camp in Doha, Qatar.
In contrast to the others challenging for the golden ball trophy, Ribery will arrive as a current holder of the Champions League, Club World Championship and European Super Cup, in addition to the German league and cup titles.
Munich coach Pep Guardiola praised Ribery as being a top professional.
“I have never seen a player with such character at this level, how he fights for his team. It is an honour for me to be his coach. Franck should travel to Zurich with a broad grin and enjoy it,” Guardiola said.
There are no comments.
SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
CULTURE Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions
ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
