The Confederation of African Football on Friday named Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure its Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. The 30-year-old Ivory Coastinternational beat out the likes of Chelsea and Nigeria’s John Obi Mikel and Galatasaray and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba in winning the award. He is nowthe third player to have won the prize three times, emulating Ghana’s Abedi Pele and Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o.