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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Andy Murray went off about Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg being asked to twerk: Why do women 'still have to put up with that s---?'
Hegerberg quickly said no, then walked off the stage, while some awkwardly laughed. Afterward, many…
Scott Davis
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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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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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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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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…
Meredith Cash
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Cristiano Ronaldo was just named the best football player on the planet
At the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris, a celebration of the top-performing footballers in a calendar…
Alan Dawson
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Brazilian Soccer Phenom Is Reportedly Joining Barcelona's Dream Team
The move would pair Messi, who has won four Ballon d'Ors given to Fifa's player of the year, with N…
Cork Gaines
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Lionel Messi has renewed his and Cristiano Ronaldo's spectacularly petty feud over soccer's greatest individual prize
Messi and Ronaldo have never voted for each other to the win the Ballon d'Or, despite winning the p…
Barnaby Lane
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Kylian Mbappe shared a heartfelt photo with his footballing hero at the Ballon d'Or awards, a decade after being rejected by him as a 10-year-old fan
However, Mbappe was let down by the Ivorian amidst an infamous meltdown after Chelsea's defeat, dur…
Barnaby Lane
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Luis Suarez has backed Lionel Messi to continue playing even though the Argentine sparked retirement rumors by saying 'the moment of withdrawal is approaching'
"[Messi] amazes me because he is a one-off and is making history," Suarez told beIN SPORTS. "As a f…
Barnaby Lane
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30 Images From The Absurd Ceremony FIFA Throws To Give Out Its Annual Awards
Instead of simply holding a press conference to announce the winners, FIFA throws a big ceremony in…
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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…