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 ...
The New York Times

The Ballon d’Or and why football has become so obsessed with individual awards

It is almost a quarter of a century since Michael Owen won the Ballon d’Or, and the story of his coronation as Europe’s best footballer belongs to a different era. Word of the young forward’s ascent ...
Tribal Football

Messi and Mbappe send messages to Ballon d'Or winner Dembele: My brother, you deserve it!

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have sent messages to Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembélé after he lifted the award. After he was announced as the winner, former PSG teammate Messi sent a short message ...
standardmedia.co.ke

List of previous Ballon d'Or winners

By AFP | Jan. 12, 2016 A list of all Ballon d'Or winners since the first award in 1956 after Lionel Messi was crowned for a record fifth time at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday: Get Full Access for ...

'Lionel Messi makes me cry' - Newell's Old Boys presidential candidate explains what must happen for Inter Miami superstar to rejoin boyhood club

Lionel Messi has seen a return to his roots in Argentina speculated on in the recent past, with the eight-time Ballon d’Or ...
Sports Illustrated

Lionel Messi Delivers Two-Word Ballon d’Or Admission

Lionel Messi with just some of the Ballons d’Or he has won. / Kristy Sparow/Getty Images When presented with the choice of winning another Ballon d’Or or defending Argentina’s World Cup title, Lionel ...