Paris: Paris St Germain duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva have been named on a four-man short-list for the French Ligue 1 player of the year award alongside team mate Blaise Matuidi, the players union UNFP said on Thursday.
St Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the league's second top-scorer behind Ibrahimovic, is also in contention to succeed Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard who won the award the last two seasons when playing for Lille. Sweden striker Ibrahimovic and Brazil centre back Thiago Silva, who both joined the wealthy capital club last year from AC Milan, have been key figures in putting PSG on the brink of their first title since 1994.
The Ligue 1 leaders have a seven-point advantage over second-placed Olympique Marseille with three games left and could win their third domestic title this weekend. Ibrahimovic has scored 27 goals, a total no Ligue 1 player had achieved since former France striker Jean-Pierre Papin in 1992.
Thiago Silva has marshalled the best defence in the league with only 21 goals conceded from 35 games. PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti has made the list for the manager of the year award and Italian midfielder Marco Verratti was one of four nominees for the young player prize....
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08:27 PM, May 09, 2013
Paris: Paris St Germain continued their march towards a first French league title since 1994 with a 1-0 win at Evian Thonon Gaillard on Sunday, yet the mood around the club is one of gloom not glory as their coronation approaches. The victory took PSG nine points clear with four rounds remaining but the game ended on a sour note when Marco Verratti and David Beckham were sent off late...
04:18 PM, Apr 29, 2013
After signing star players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham, PSG are anxious for a major Champions League victory that would justify their engorged payroll. ...
11:38 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Paris Saint-Germain's inconsistency in the French league has yet to impact their Champions League campaign as the big spenders hold a 2-1 lead ahead of Wednesday's return leg in the last 16 against Valencia. ...
06:32 PM, Mar 05, 2013
UEFA will consider extending Ibrahimovic's suspension in the Champions League after the PFG forward was sent off against Valencia. ...
09:03 PM, Feb 13, 2013
PSG's 2-1 Champions League win at Valencia is proof that the club have become a force in Europe, said director of football Leonardo. ...
04:18 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Goals by Ezequiel Lavezzi and Javier Pastore gave PSG an important 2-1 away win at Valencia in the first leg of last-16 match. ...
04:12 AM, Feb 13, 2013
The 37-year-old midfielder signed a five-month contract with Paris Saint-Germain, and has agreed to essentially play for free. ...
08:51 AM, Feb 01, 2013
London: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's memorable fourth strike in Sweden's 4-2 win over England on Wednesday has sparked worldwide debate about its place in the pantheon of great goals. England skipper Steven Gerrard said it was the best he has ever seen live but Norway coach Egil "Drillo" Olsen said it could not be regarded as truly great because goalkeeper Joe Hart was a long way off his line. Sweden coach Erik...
10:29 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Zlatan Ibrahimovic illuminated a low-key night of international friendlies on Wednesday, scoring an audacious overhead kick from 30 yards to cap his four-goal display in Sweden's 4-2 win over England. Ibrahimovic's one-man show in Stockhol featured what both his opponents and pundits hailed as one of the greatest goals seen in recent years. "When I saw the goalkeeper was out, I tried to put it against the goal, and luckily...
09:05 AM, Nov 15, 2012
London: Zlatan Ibrahimovic illuminated a low-key night of international friendlies on Wednesday, scoring an audacious overhead kick from 30 yards to cap his four-goal display in Sweden's 4-2 win over England. Ibrahimovic's one-man show in Stockholm - featuring what both his opponents and pundits hailed as one of the greatest goals seen in recent years - overshadowed two high-profile matches between fierce European rivals, with the Netherlands and Germany drawing...
08:50 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Paris: Paris St Germain's top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic proved an inspired playmaker in his side's 4-0 thrashing of Dinamo Zagreb in Champions League Group A on Tuesday. The former AC Milan forward gave up his usual striking role at the Parc des Princes but rescued his team from a deeper position on the pitch by setting up all four goals. "He worked for the team as he always does. He's...
06:43 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Paris: Zlatan Ibrahimovic showed he can create goals just as well as score them by setting up all four as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed a shoddy Dinamo Zagreb team 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday. Ibrahimovic spent much of the match walking around and hardly broke into a sweat, but his sublime technique saw him create goals for center half Alex, midfielder Blaise Matuidi, winger Jeremy Menez and striker Guillaume...
06:32 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Zagreb: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jeremy Menez gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday, inflicting a ninth successive loss in the Champions League for the Croatian team. Ibrahimovic missed two chances before scoring in the 33rd minute after receiving a pass from Menez. The French winger scored in 43rd after a solo move that he ended by slotting the ball between the legs of Dinamo goalkeeper Ivan...
03:30 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Berlin: Sweden staged an amazing comeback to earn a 4-4 draw with Germany, scoring four goals in the final half-hour in their World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday. Miroslav Klose scored two early goals and Germany dominated for an hour before Sweden came back from a four-goal deficit. Sweden's coach Erik Hamren called his team's comeback "historical." "I have never seen a thing like this in an international," Hamren said....
01:36 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Paris: With Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring almost at will, and a defense that is increasingly hard to breach, big-spending Paris Saint-Germain's confidence is high ahead of Wednesday's trip to face FC Porto in the Champions League. PSG has won its past five games to move up to second place in the French league, with Ibrahimovic scoring six goals during that spell and the defense conceding only two. PSG has not played...
05:14 PM, Oct 02, 2012
Paris: Lionel Messi does not deserve to win the next FIFA Ballon d'Or as he has only won one minor trophy this year, his former Barcelona team mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Tuesday. "Messi had a fantastic season but he has not won that much and he has already won the Ballon d'Or three times," Paris St Germain forward Ibrahimovic, who played with Messi in the 2009/10 season, told Eurosport...
03:07 PM, Oct 02, 2012
Paris: Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the first player to score for six different clubs in the Champions League as big-spending Paris Saint-Germain beat a poor Dynamo Kiev side 4-1 in their group stage opener on Tuesday. PSG attacked with gusto from the outset, eight years after its last appearance in the competition, and the convincing win confirmed PSG's status as a Group A favorite. "It's always important to win your first...
08:30 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Paris: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent is hopeful the AC Milan striker will complete his move to Paris Saint-Germain soon, saying Sunday that Serie A is about to lose its last remaining star. Thiago Silva signed a five-year contract with PSG on Saturday and Mino Raiola is in discussions with the big-spending club for Ibrahimovic to join his former Milan teammate. "Everyone asks me if it is 90 or 99 percent done....
08:24 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic's fantastic record of having won eight consecutive league titles came to an end after his AC Milan side's 4-2 defeat to Inter at the San Siro on Sunday, despite an Ibra double, which handed Juventus the Serie A crown for 2011-12. Juventus wrapped up the Scudetto with one round remaining thanks to their four-point lead after a 2-0 win over Cagliari on Sunday, and for the Swede...
10:17 AM, May 07, 2012
