Italy's soccer player Fabio Cannavaro of Real Madrid kisses his Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award as European Footballer of the Year [Reuters] ...

Paris - Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro won the Golden Ball award on Monday, the first defender in 10 years to be named Europe's best player. Cannavaro, who played for Juventus last season, but then ...

Italy’s World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro has opened up about being the last defender to win the Ballon d’Or award. Cannavaro, who enjoyed huge success at both domestic and ...

Italy legend Fabio Cannavaro reveals a France Football journalist followed him home after a training session at Real Madrid to inform him that he had won the Ballon d’Or: ‘I thought he was ...

Today, it is Fabio Cannavaro’s performance ... Within the first half-hour, Cannavaro has outpaced Klose to a loose ball, has beaten Ballack in the air, and has blocked a goalbound shot from ...

Italy's soccer player Fabio Cannavaro of Real Madrid holds his Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award as European Footballer of the Year during a news conference in Paris November 27, 2006.[Reuters] ...