It’s Football all the way and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been named the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year for 2010.
Messi was on a three-man shortlist with Barca team-mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta.
However, despite Spain's World Cup triumph, the Argentine forward came out tops in the voting.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho had earlier been named FIFA World Coach of the Year.
Mourinho won the Serie A, the Champions League and Coppa Italia with Inter Milan in the 2009-10 season and has made an impressive start to life at the Bernabeu.
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Staying in Spain – Hercules stunned Atletico Madrid 4-1 at home in the night’s only La-Liga tie.
Hercules raced into a 4-0 lead by half-time and took their foot off the pedal – only to let the visitors score a consolation in 89th minute through Jose Antonio Reyes.
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In the AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar – Australia got off to a flying start hammering India 4-0 in their Group C tie.
In another Group C game – South Korea hung on to 2-1 win after going down to 10 men in the final 7-minutes against Bahrain.
More AFC Asian Cup action later this evening as Group D gets underway – North Korea will play the United Arab Emirates from 9:15pm; and just after midnight holders Iraq will play gulf-giants Iran in a hugely anticipated tie.
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