The 2025 Ballon d'Or award will see a fresh winner for the second consecutive year, with last year's recipient Rodrigo ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were not included in the shortlist for the 2025 Ballon d'Or best soccer player, raising the question of when was the last time both were left out of the award's ...

Former Man United and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2013 Ballon d'Or ahead of Lionel Messi and Frank Ribery.

Four managers who ply their trade in English domestic leagues are named - Premier League managers Enzo Maresca and Arne Slot ...

For the second year in a row, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo made the Ballon d'Or shortlist—signaling a true changing of the guard in world soccer.

The annual Ballon d'Or build-up provides football fans with growing excitement for the eventual announcement of the world's ...

He once finished fourth in Ballon d’Or voting, was top scorer at a European Championship, and lifted multiple international trophies in European soccer.

Messi was also left off the list in 2022, but powered back to inspire Argentina to the World Cup title later that year and won his eighth Ballon d’Or in 2023.

In the buildup to this year's Ballon d'Or presentation, there is an anticipation not felt in quite some time, as the list of ...