Three of the last four Ballon d'Or winners have been first-time champions. This five will be the next to follow your Benzemas ...

Ousmane Dembele’s Ballon d’Or chase may look like a solo sprint, but behind the scenes there’s a silent coach shaping his run. That mentor is none other than Lionel Messi. The Paris Saint-Germain star ...

The Ballon d’Or is football’s most illustrious individual award; to win it means to be immortalized in football history forever. Essentially, voters get together to decide who should be considered the ...

© Justin Setterfield & Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesOusmane Dembele (L) of Paris Saint-Germain and Lionel Messi (R) of Inter Miami. Dembélé has often admitted that ...

(Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) The 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony saw Ousmane Dembele as the winner this year, ahead of other players like Lamine Yamal, Vitinha, ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — By the age of 19 Kylian Mbappe had won the World Cup, become one of the most expensive soccer players ever and was labeled the heir-apparent to Lionel Messi and Cristiano ...

The two names most commonly associated with the Ballon d’Or are unquestionably Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The legendary pairing of the game have won the award a combined 13 times and ...

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 ...

Kahn, Matthaus, Kroos, and Casillas believe Lewandowski was more deserving of the 2021 Ballon d'Or award Robert Lewandowski came second in the men's voting behind Messi Reactions have trailed Lionel ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — By the age of 19 Kylian Mbappe had won the World Cup, become one of the most expensive soccer players ever and was labeled the heir-apparent to Lionel Messi and Cristiano ...