The race for the Ballon d'Or is often exciting and is now stranger to controversy. In 2024, when Vinicius Junior discovered ...

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or last year at age 36. We take a trip down memory lane and remember the five oldest players to ...

After an illustrious career, France and Bayern Munich legend Franck Ribery admits feeling snubbed by Cristiano Ronaldo and ...

David Ramos/Getty ImagesLionel Messi of FC Barcelona (C) holds the Ballon d'Or trophy flanked by his teammates Andres Iniesta (L) and Xavi Hermandez prior the Copa del Rey quarter final first leg ...

Instead, Ribery came third in the 2013 Ballon d'Or voting with 1,127 votes (23.36 per cent). Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was second with 1,205 votes (24.72 per cent) as Cristiano Ronaldo took ...

With yet another standout season, England star Harry Kane outlines his Ballon d'Or chances and compares his current situation ...

Roma legend, Francesco Totti, has claimed Lionel Messi wouldn’t have won eight Ballon d’Or awards if he spent his entire ...

That was days after Argentina's 1-0 victory at Uruguay. Both victories came without Messi. The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner had been ruled out after sustaining a low-grade adductor muscle injury.