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It's Ronaldinho once more

Zurich: Ronaldinho won his second straight FIFA World Player of the Year award, beating England's Frank Lampard and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o.

Germany's Birgit Prinz also was a repeat winner, taking the women's award for the third straight year.

Ronaldinho won the poll of national team coaches and captains with 956 points, easily outdistancing Lampard, who had 306 points. Eto'o, who plays alongside Ronaldinho at FC Barcelona, was third with 190 points.— AP

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