Cech, Nedved, among candidates for Golden Ball

The prestigious soccer magazine France Football has listed two Czech players among the fifty in the running for the annual Golden Ball award for European Footballer of the Year. Petr Cech, netminder for FC Chelsea and Pavel Nedved, midfielder for Juventus Turin are both included on the list. Petr Cech has now been nominated twice by the magazine; Pavel Nedved, who has been nominated eight times, won the award in 2003.