with some of the world's best footballers having descended on Paris to find out who would succeed 2022 winner Karim Benzema in lifting the Golden Ball. In the end, it was Ballon d'Or number eight ...

Rodri's season-ending injury means he won't be defending the trophy he won in 2024 - so who are the main contenders to ...

Just days after finishing as runner-up to Rodri at the 2024 Ballon d’Or event, Vinicius Junior was ... to the top of the market to lift the trophy later this year, just ahead of a gaggle of ...

Last year signaled the dawn of a new era for the Ballon d'Or—soccer's most prestigious ... a fresh face is expected to lift the golden ball. So, who’s in the running to be crowned world ...

Arsenal knocked out Real Madrid from the Champions League to definitively end Kylian Mbappe's and Vinicius Junior's hopes of ...

Football fans all around the world know Lionel Messi's quality. The Argentine is one of the greatest players of all time, and ...

With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's duopoly well and truly over - neither was nominated for the Ballon d'Or last year - opportunity ... but his path to the coveted golden trophy is more ...

Raphinha has surged to the top of the Ballon d’Or odds after a sensational start to the 2024-25 Champions League. Leading the competition with 11 goals and 9/4 odds to win the Golden Boot ...

Accomplishing such a feat would quell the Kevin Durant/Golden State Warriors comparisons and would make Mbappe the prohibitive favorite for the Ballon d'Or ... the very first trophy of his ...

Lionel Messi once said he would share the Ballon d’Or award with then-Barcelona teammate ... It's a very special trophy for me." "I'm going to share this with Xavi. It's the fourth time we ...

Raphinha’s former teammate, Bongani Zungu, has revealed what he thinks the Brazilian’s chances are of winning football’s most illustrious individual prize, the Ballon d’Or.