Ballon d'Or vs FIFA's The Best awards: Explaining the differences, history, and which one is bigger

The greatest football players and coaches in the world currently have two opportunities every year to scoop global individual ...
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Ballon d’Or 2021 Winners: Full List

The 2021 Ballon d’Or returned some sense of normalcy to the soccer/football world after the ceremony was cancelled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And while Lionel Messi captured the award for the ...
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"Common for Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi to take it" - Wesley Sneijder explains how Ballon d'Or criteria have changed since his playing days

Wesley Sneijder has claimed that during his days, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the only two realistic candidates ...
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Kylian Mbappe Matches Messi, Ronaldo With Impressive Ballon d’Or Landmark

There are only three players in history that have scored eight Ballon d’Or nominations by age 26: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and now, Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé’s previous seven nominations came ...
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Lionel Messi wins record-extending 8th Ballon d'Or

The list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time on Monday after ...