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POPSRonaldo Frontrunner for Top Footie Award, yet again Wiganfootie, do you agree? Here’s a list of the 23 contenders: • Michael Ballack (Germany) • Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) • Iker Casillas (Spain) • Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) • Diego (Brazil) • Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) • Michael Essien (Ghana) • Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) • Steven Gerrard (England) • Thierry Henry (France) • Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) • Andres Iniesta (Spain) • Kaka (Brazil) • Frank Lampard (England) • Luis Fabiano (Brazil) • Lionel Messi (Argentina) • Carles Puyol (Spain) • Franck Ribery (France) • Wayne Rooney (England) • John Terry (England) • Fernando Torres (Spain) • David Villa (Spain • Xavi (Spain)
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POPSXXVIII Olympic Games in Athens 5 other bronze medals were netted by tracksters Simeon Toribio and Miguel White; and boxers Jose "Cely" Villanueva, Lepoldo Serantes and Roel Velasco. 3 other Filipino athletes have also won medals, but only in demonstration/exhibition sports. Arianne Cerdena won the gold medal in ladies' bowling during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, while Stephen Fernandez and Bea Lucero each got a bronze in taekwondo during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.