Ballon D’Or

“Age is just a number,” says Karim Benzema after winning the Ballon d’or at 34. Benzema became the oldest winner since the first recipient in 1956, Stanley Matthews. “People play until their later years now and I still have this burning desire. It is this drive that has kept me going and never allowed me to let up,” said Benzema, who won the men’s Ballon d’Or for the first time. Benzema is the first French player to win the trophy since Zinedine Zidane

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at a "disrespectful" claim that his only remaining ambition is to win the Ballon d'Or more times than Lionel Messi. Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at a "disrespectful" claim that his only remaining ambition is to win the Ballon d'Or more times than Lionel Messi. Paris Saint-Germain forward Messi won the prestigious award for a seventh time on Monday. Ronaldo, who finished sixth in this year's voting, has earned the Ballon d'Or

Argentina's Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift soccer's most prestigious trophy yet again. The forward added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies after winning the Copa America for the first time with his country last July. "It's incredible to be here again. Two years ago I thought it was the last time. Winning the Copa America was

February 5 marks the birthday of arguably the best footballer to have graced the game ever, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, who is the highest goal scorer for Portugal and also the current captain of the national football team. The footballer turned 35 on Wednesday. He was born on the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in Santo António, Funchal. He grew up in a Catholic family sharing a room with all his siblings. He has an older brother and two younger

Ballon d'Or 2019 Oris all set to take place on December 2 (Monday) with as many as 30 nominations for the award. This event is organized by France Football magazine and voted for by 180 journalists from around the world. Croatia's Luka Modric had won the award last year courtesy his exploits in taking his team to the World Cup final and winning the Champions League with Real Madrid. In the past decade, Messi and Ronaldo have won the award five times each. Among

While ambitious players move away to different clubs to come out of his shade, Lionel Messi was shrugged off by all-time football great Pele. The Brazilian icon seemed to not be a great fan of the five-time Balon d’Or winner, citing he only had one skill. Despite clinching the La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Pichichi trophy last season, Lionel Messi astonishingly finished 5th on the Balon d’Or list behind the winner Luka Modric followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian

Just when things were finally looking good at the Ballon d'Or presentation ceremony, with France Football taking a step to recognize and appreciate women footballers too, a new controversy has now popped up. While awarding the first-ever award for the best women's footballer, a silly question was asked by French host Martin Solveig, which made everyone's eyes pop out and started a row on social media. A night that was supposed to be a classy affair, created a major talking point with regards