Yaya Touré has been named the 2012 African Player of the Year for the second year in succession.

The Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder beat his countryman Didier Drogba into second place with Cameroon's Alex Song, of Barcelona, in third.

He joined the Senegal and Leeds United forward El Hadji Diouf on two victories although he has some way to go to eclipse the Cameroonian Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto'o, who has won four titles.

Touré was crowned at an awards gala in Ghana's capital, Accra, today after being voted for by the head coaches or technical directors of Africa's national teams. The Africa Cup of Nations winners Zambia were named team of the year with their coach Hervé Renard named coach of the year.

Deserved.

Well played to him, but Drogba deserved it.