Rodri won this year’s Ballon d’Or after an exceptional 2024 for Manchester City and Spain, becoming only the third player not ...

Cristiano Ronaldo once left an enormous tip at a hotel after being so impressed by their service. Five-time Ballon d’Or ...

Without Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominating the Ballon d’Or conversation, a new generation of stars are battling for football’s highest individual honour. Seven months from the 2025 ...

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 ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO has been tipped to make a sensational return to the Premier League – but not with Manchester United. The ...

Al Nassr forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has hired a new security team. This follows threats to the 40-year-old’s family ... forcing the five-time Ballon d’Or winner to take decisive action.

The Ballon d’Or went to a new home this year, as Manchester City and Spain star Rodri outlasted three Real Madrid stars to be named the top player in men’s football for the 2023-24 season. Lionel ...

With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's duopoly well and truly over - neither was nominated for the Ballon d'Or last year - opportunity beckons. Rodri took full advantage in 2024. Who will do ...

It was the perfect year, I couldn’t have done better. This Ballon d’Or will forever remain an injustice,” Ribery said, expressing his frustration over losing out to Cristiano Ronaldo. The 2012-13 ...

Bayern Munich legend Franck Ribery has claimed that he was better than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013 after he missed out on the Ballon d'Or to the latter. Ribery made the podium but ...