Milito, English Players NOT Shortlisted For FIFA Ballon D'Or Award

Diego Milito, who won the Treble with Inter last season is not shortlisted for the first ever FIFA Ballon D'Or award. Also not included is Man United's Wayne Rooney or any English players for that matter. This comes as a shock as both enjoyed great success with their respective clubs. Milito also won the Club Footballer of the Year in August.

Bookmakers' favourite for the award is Wesley Sneijder but also faces stiff competition from Xavi and Andrés Iniesta

FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010: Those in contention are..
Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Júlio César (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Mesut Özil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

FIFA World Coach of the Year:
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Chelsea FC), Vicente del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United), Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Barcelona), Joachim Löw (Germany/Germany national team), José Mourinho (Portugal/FC Internazionale Milano and Real Madrid CF), Oscar Tabárez (Uruguay/Uruguay national team), Louis Van Gaal (Netherlands, FC Bayern Munich), Bert Van Marwijk (Netherlands/Netherlands national team) and Arsène Wenger (France/Arsenal).

UEFA Champions League Draw and Club Footballer of the Year Award Show

Wesley Sneijder, Julio Cesar, Diego Milito and Maicon won the awards for Best Midfielder, Goalkeeper, Forward and Defender respectively . They all have one thing in common: They all play for Inter which was made fun of Michel Platini.

But they can be only one winner: Milito went back home as UEFA Club Footballer of the Year.

All the winners had to tell out which club was being drawn after receiving the prize.

Julio Cesar said "My Club" with a grin when he pulled out Inter's name.

Wesley Sneijder smiles with a grin after pulling out childhood club AFC Ajax.

All players pose with Moratti, Inter's president.

Here’s the full draw for the group stage of the 2010-11 Champions League:

Group A: Inter (the holders), Werder Bremen, Tottenham, Twente

Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke 04, Hapoel Tel Aviv

Group C: Man Utd, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor

Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin

Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, FC Basel, Cluj

Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zilina

Group G: Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre

Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, Partizan

Tough draw for Spurs, but there’s no doubt about the Group of Death: Group G. Once again, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Man Utd get a free pass.Fergie played with Rangers when he was playing.Its been a while.

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year Nominees...

Last season, Internazionale won the treble. And their Nerazurri's are also the players dominating the list which includes Wesley Sneijder, Diego Milito, Julio César, Maicon and Lucio. Barcelona came in second with two nominees, Victor Valdes,Xavi and Gerard Pique. Arjen Robben and Hugo Lloris also made the cut with Wayne Rooney being the only Englishman and player from the Premier League to be in the nominees' list.

The Nominees Are:

Julio César of Inter Milan

Hugo Lloris of Olympique Lyonnais

Victor Valdes from FC Barcelona

Lucio of Inter

Maicon of Inter Milan who won the treble with José Mourinho last season.

The Very Sexy Catalan Gerard Pique also is nominated.

Wesley Sneijder was a key part of Inter's success as the playmaker lead them to their first ever treble.

While Sneijder's former club teammate and international colleague, Arjen Robben also had a terrific season with Bayern Munich by helping them doing the domestic double and leading them to the final of the Champions League.

The very cute Xavi Hernandez also gets his work for Barcelona noticed.

Possibly the best player in the world, Lionel Messi may have another award to add to his already large collection.

Diego Milito of Internazionale. Like I said, Inter dominates the nominees list.

Last but not the least, as I save the best for last....the one and only Wayne Rooney. Rooney was key to United's winning ways with him being named PFA Player of the Year.

Oh yeah, results to be revealed on 26th of August in Monaco, when the draw for this season's group stage is made.

Inter Milan Win Champions League!!! Final Score Bayern 0-2 Inter

It was a "blue night" in Madrid as Inter Milan won the Champions League after defeating Bayern Munich 2-0 after Diego Milito scored both goals.

The trophy marks Inter's treble winning campaign.

Captain Javier Zanetti made his 700th appearance for Inter.

Diego Milito with son Leandro. Milito was the man of the match as he scored both goals to make Inter European Champions.

Reports say this match will be José Mourinho's last game as Inter manager as he is rumoured to become Real Madrid's next manager.

It was a sweet return to the Bernabeu. Sneijder played for Real before being sold to Inter to make way for Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká.

Inter fans who did not get the ticket celebrated outside the stadium near an Italian restaurant.

Bayern fans in despair.

Thomas Muller couldn't hide his disappointment after the final whistle.

Barca vs Inter preview: Sibling rivalry

Younger Milito, Gabriel

Elder, Diego

With Carlos Puyol out for this game, Gabriel may get a start to face his older brother Diego in a match which Barca trail 3-1 from the first leg defeat at the San Siro. All I can say is CAN'T WAIT what happens between these 2.