Spainiard Rodri won his maiden Ballon d'Or title as he pipped the likes of Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham to the footballing crown. Real Madrid had boycotted the event after they got to know that Vinicius wasn't winning as the Brazilian forward came up with a strong response on social media.
Spain and Manchester City's Rodri beat Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham to be named the best player in the world as he got his hands on the Ballon d'Or title for the first time. Arriving in crutches, Rodri has been sidelined from the game with a long‑term anterior cruciate ligament injury.
For the first time since 2003, none of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo found themselves on the list of 30 nominees for the men's Ballon d'Or award. Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, missed out on nomination last year as well while Messi won the same in 2023 for a record eighth time.
"It was a little unfair that I didn’t win the 2010 Ballon d’Or and Messi did. But, I’m not a guy who cries about that. The Ballon d’Or is an individual award, and I prefer to win collective trophies," Former Real Madrid playmaker said.
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi, on Monday, won the Ballon d'Or award for the best Football player in the world for the record extending 8th time in history. He defeated Norway’s UEFA Player of the Year Erling Haaland of Manchester City to bag the prestigious award.
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Argentina legend Lionel Messi pipped Manchester City star Erling Haaland and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe to grab his historic eighth Ballon d'Or. Messi, who had a terrific season starting with leading Argentina to FIFA World Cup win and then a Ligue 1 win with PSG, heaped praise on Haaland and Mbappe.
Ballon d'Or 2022: France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has won the prestigious Ballon dÓr for the first time after leading Real Madrid to their 14th Champions League title
n a sudden turn of events, seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi was left out of the final 30-man list of nominees on Friday.
Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 matches with his club this season, and equalled Madrid great Raul Gonzalez as the club’s second-highest scorer with 323 goals.
Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women's award for an outstanding season with Barcelona and Spain.
The esteemed line-up also includes Brazil's three-time World Cup winner Pele and legendary Argentinian Diego Maradona, who died last month of a heart-attack.
Robert Lewandowski has done everything to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or trophy this season, but in the end, he is robbed by the French Football Magazine who decided to cancel the award ceremony for the first time since 1956.
Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956.
Messi became the first player to win six Ballon d'Or, however, he feels that it is a "shame" that Liverpool forward Sadio Mane did not finish higher than fourth in the rankings.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won a record sixth Ballon d'Or trophy after a stellar season with the Catalan giants.
Ballon d'Or 2019 award ceremony is less than a week away and the name of the winner is already revealed.
Neymar's absence from the list of 30 Ballon d'Or candidates was explained Tuesday by France Football magazine which organizes the prestigious award.
Messi and Ronaldo's 10-year grip on the individual award organized by France Football magazine was broken by Luka Modric last December.
When the long list of 30 candidates was announced Monday in Paris, Neymar's name was missing from the nominations.
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