Mohammed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport, Tunis

Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba is short listed for Caf's Player of the Year

African football's governing body, Caf, have delayed naming their 2003 Player of the Year until April and instead have cut their shortlist to three players.

Caf were due to announce the winner today, in Tunisia ahead of the African Cup of Nations, but have been forced to postpone the announcement by their commercial partners.

The three players now on the list are Samuel Eto'o Fils of Real Mallorca in Spain and Cameroon, Didier Drogba of Marseille in France and the Ivory Coast and Jay-Jay Okocha of Bolton Wanderers and Nigeria.

The two players to drop off the original five-man list are Hatem Trabelsi of Ajax Amsterdam in Holland and Tunisia and Obafemi Martins of Inter Milan in Italy and Nigeria.

The overall winner will be announced at a ceremony in Yaounde, Cameroon on 30 April.

Caf also announced the shortlists for several other awards for 2003:

Goalkeeper of the Year:
Hicham Mezair, USM Algiers and Algeria
Idriss Kameni, Le Havre (France) and Cameroon
Vincent Enyeama, Enyimba and Nigeria

Youth Player of the Year:
Kolo Toure, Arsenal (England) and Ivory Coast
Obafemi Martins, Inter Milan (Italy) and Nigeria
Steven Pienaar, Ajax Amsterdam (Holland) and South Africa

African Legend:
Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia
Salif Keita, Mali
Roger Milla, Cameroon

Champions League Player of the Year:
Hosni Abd Rabbou, Ismaili (Egypt)
Souayah Skander, Esperance (Tunisia)
Dramani Traore, Ismaili (Egypt)

International Team of the Year:
Cameroon senior team
Cameroon Olympic team
Egypt youth team

Club of the Year:
Enyimba, Nigeria
Raja Casablanca, Morocco
Ismaili, Egypt

Coach of the Year:
Ratomir Dujkovic, Rwanda
Kadiri Ikhana, Enyimba (Nigeria)
Winfried Schaefer, Cameroon

Award for Outstanding Achievement:
Rwanda national squad