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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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'…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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