Eden Hazard wins FWA Player of the Year award

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has been voted the 2015 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association. The Belgium international topped the poll of 300-plus journalists with 53% of the vote, comfortably ahead of Tottenham striker Harry Kane, with his Chelsea team-mate and captain John Terry third. The 24-year-old playmaker has scored 20 goals in all competitions so far this season and created many more as Jose Mourinho's side secured a first Barclays Premier League title since 2009/2010.

Hazard will be honoured with the prestigious FWA accolade, which has been running since 1948, at a gala dinner in London on 21 May. FWA chairman Andy Dunn, of the Sunday Mirror, said: "The list of truly world-class players on the Football Writers' Association roll of honour is a long one and Eden Hazard is a worthy addition.