With Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each having won it five times each, there are plenty of new challengers who are looking to be crowned the best footballer in the world on December 3.
Juventus needed a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty to secure a point against Sassuolo and Inter Milan beat Spal 2-1 a few hours later to move a point above the Bianconeri in the Serie A table.
Lionel Messi played his 700th game for Spanish giants Barcelona on Wednesday night in UEFA Champions League group stage match against Borussia Dortmund.
Ballon d'Or 2019 award ceremony is less than a week away and the name of the winner is already revealed.
Interestingly, a stat proves that Messi might be a better player than Ronaldo in international football.
The Juventus star tapped in a shot by teammate Diogo Jota that was just inches from going over the goal-line in the 86th minute, leaving Ronaldo one strike from the 100-goal mark.
They may have been teammates during their time at Real Madrid, but Iker Casillas has said that Ronaldo winning the Ballon d'Or wouldn't have 'much logic'.
Pizzi Fernandes, Goncalo Paciencia and Bernardo Silva also scored for Portugal, who can qualify with a win in its final Group B match on Sunday at Luxembourg.
The club also expects an apology from Ronaldo who escaped both a fine and a ban for his reaction when head coach Maurizio Sarri took him off after 55 minutes.
Ronaldo was replaced by Paulo Dybala with the Italian champions in search of a goal. Dybala, however, proved Sarri right as he scored the goal in the 77th minute.
Sarri hauled off Ronaldo after just 55 minutes of their Serie A showdown. The Portugal international was replaced by Paulo Dybala with the Italian champions in search of a goal.
US Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts told Kathryn Mayorga's attorney that it will be up to a higher-level judge to decide if her effort to obtain more money advances to trial or is diverted to closed-door arbitration.
Cristiano Ronaldo was rested for the match and Juventus struggled to create goalscoring opportunities.
It's quite impossible for both Mbappe and Sterling to emulate Messi and Ronaldo’s success but with time, they can rule the FIFA Awards and Ballon d'Or ceremony for the next few years.
Messi and Ronaldo's 10-year grip on the individual award organized by France Football magazine was broken by Luka Modric last December.
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When the long list of 30 candidates was announced Monday in Paris, Neymar's name was missing from the nominations.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal but couldn't prevent Portugal's defeat against Ukraine in the Euro 2020 Qualifiers.
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Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has talked about the speculations around his retirement from football.
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