Abu Dhabi: UAE and Al Ain midfielder Subait Khater left for the USA last night to take part in a competition to find the best dead ball specialists in the world. The Free Kicks competition, which takes place in the States tomorrow, has a top prize of $1 million. A total of 11 footballers from around the world will take part in the tournament, which is being held in Texas. The competition will feature the South Americans Ronaldinho, Robinho and Luis Fabiano, who are from Brazil, along with Lionel Messi and Juan Roman Riquelme from Argentina. Europe will also feature with Theirry Henry from France, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden and Deco from Portugal. Fernando Torres, who scored the winning goal for Spain in the Euro 2008 final, will also be there. The competition will also have Nakamura from Japan and Didier Drogba from Cote...
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