Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov was named Russia's Footballer of the Year for a second successive time on Thursday. The 32-year-old, capped 40 times by Russia, topped the annual poll of sports journalists, conducted by Football Weekly, to add to the award he won in 2012. In May, he was sent off for making an obscene gesture at Zenit fans after scoring in their 3-1 win over FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod and then made another gesture when leaving the pitch. More...