American actress Eva Longoria is to host the FIFA Football Awards on Monday, January 9, 2017.
FIFA are hosting their own player of the year award after ending their six-year-old association with France Football, organisers of the Ballon d’Or.
For the main award ceremony, Longoria will be hosting alongside German TV presenter Marco Schreyl.
At the event which will take place in Zurich, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to announce the winner of the 2016 FIFA Player of the Year award.
Ronaldo has already been named the winner of the 2016 Ballon d’Or
and is expected to scoop the FIFA Player of the Award to round up an
incredible year for the 31-year-old who won two European titles with
Real Madrid (Champions League) and Portugal (Euro 2016).
Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Argentina and Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid are the other two finalists.
The Women’s Player of the Year will also be announced at the event with Melanie Behringer of Bayern Munich, Marta of Rosenhard and Houston Dash's Carli Lloyd all vying for the trophy.
The awards will be streamed live from the TPC Studios in Zurich on FIFA's website and also their official Youtube page.
Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr will be travelling to Gabon for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with his team.
Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2017 Afcon after losing the only spot to Egypt in the group qualifiers.
Rohr
who was appointed Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles in 2016 has
reportedly taken up a job as a pundit for a French Television for the
AFCON in Gabon.
“Rohr will be a pundit for a French television network at the AFCON in Gabon,” s source quoted by African Football said.
At the AFCON which kicks off on Saturday, January 14, Rohr will also keep an eye on Nigeria’s opponents in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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