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End of an era: Ronaldo and Messi absent from Ballon d'Or nominations for the first time in over 20 years
This will be the first time in over two decades that football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel M…
ANI
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Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or title for eighth time
The FIFA World Cup-winning Argentina legend Lionel Messi was crowned with the prestigious Ballon d'…
ANI
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Lionel Messi's biggest rival as the best player on earth accused him of 'empty words' after the Argentine said he should have won the 2020 Ballon d'Or
During the acceptance speech for his seventh Ballon d'Or, Messi said Polish striker Robert Lewandow…
Sam Cooper
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The Premier League's best player laughed in a journalist's face when asked for his thoughts on his lowly Ballon d'Or position
Despite being in the form of his life, Egyptian star Mo Salah was only voted as the world's seventh…
Sam Cooper
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Soccer's biggest prize kicked off in bizarre fashion when a pair of F1 drivers in Daft Punk-style helmets arrived to deliver the trophies
Alpine's Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon appeared in the futuristic outfits to present the awards …
Sam Cooper
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For the first time in 16 years, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both missed out on making the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or
The 2022 award was won by Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, who scored 44 goals in 46 games last s…
Barnaby Lane
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Cristiano Ronaldo is so competitive that he's been known to text pundits who think Lionel Messi is better than him and ask them why
Ronaldo's former teammate Rio Ferdinand shared an anecdote to show just how much the Portuguese sta…
Sam Cooper
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Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to endorse an Instagram post accusing Lionel Messi of 'theft' for winning a 7th Ballon d'Or title
Messi won a seventh Ballon d'Or on Monday. Cristiano Ronaldo, his great rival, is seemingly not bes…
Barnaby Lane
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Lionel Messi called for his Ballon d'Or rival to be retroactively given last year's canceled award after winning again this year
"Everyone knows and we agree that you were the winner last year," Messi said of Robert Lewandowski …
Barnaby Lane
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Cristiano Ronaldo didn't show up to the Ballon d'Or ceremony and called the prize's boss a liar over comments about his rivalry with Lionel Messi
"It is unacceptable that the person responsible for awarding such a prestigious prize could lie in …
Barnaby Lane
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The 2018 Ballon d'Or nominees have been revealed
The favorite to win the 2018 Ballon d'Or, however, is midfielder Luka Modric. The Real Madrid veter…
Meredith Cash
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Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan headline a Ballon d'Or shortlist that features 4 US Women's National Team stars
US Women's National Team (USWNT) co-captains Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan - who were the first and…
Meredith Cash,Meredith Cash
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Ballon d'Or voting shows how much Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the world of football for the last 13 years
Ronaldo and Messi have been so dominant in the world of football that they have combined to win 11 …
Cork Gaines
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Kylian Mbappe is backing Lionel Messi to win a record sixth Ballon d'Or award simply because he is 'the best'
Messi has won the prize a joint record five times alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, meaning should he wi…
Barnaby Lane
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Neymar, Luis Suarez, and last year's winner Luka Modric have all been omitted from the 2019 Ballon d'Or shortlist
Meanwhile, Luka Modric, who scooped the prize in 2018, will not feature because he is "struggling m…
Barnaby Lane
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Nike made one-of-a-kind cleats for Megan Rapinoe inspired by her hair and trophies to honor her Ballon d'Or win
The 34-year-old, pink-haired striker led the US Women's National Team to a fourth World Cup title i…
Meredith Cash,Meredith Cash
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Ada Hegerberg says the Ballon d'Or twerk controversy was not 'sexual harassment,' and she was just happy to win
Hegerberg herself has since said that Solveig approached her after the ceremony to apologise, addin…
Alan Dawson
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Cristiano Ronaldo's agent said the Juventus star is 'the best in history, and you know it' after he placed 3rd in the Ballon d'Or
Ronaldo scored 28 goals in all competitions during his debut campaign for Juventus last season, hel…
Barnaby Lane
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Presenter asked first female Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg to twerk after she received soccer's highest honor
"A lot of things need to be done to make the conditions better for women who play football," Hegerb…