Rodri's season-ending injury means he won't be defending the trophy he won in 2024 - so who are the main contenders to ...

Which club has the most Ballon d'Or winners? Real Madrid and Barcelona lead the way with 12 winners each. Has a goalkeeper ever won the Ballon d'Or? Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1963) remains the ...

Mohamed Salah's hopes of winning the Ballon d'Or had appeared to be dwindling, but with Barcelona out of the Champions League ...

Gullit, the 1987 Ballon d'Or winner, ended his illustrious playing career with the Blues before going on to manage the side, first as a player-coach, for two seasons. He holds the distinction as ...

All the latest Champions League news as Arsenal and Paris St-Germain train before their semi-final second leg meeting in ...

France’s exceptional soccer academies are arguably the world’s best along with Brazil and Spain, producing a veritable production line of talent, such as 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim ...

Inter Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari and Chicago's ... before putting the ball in the back of the net. The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner took a pass from Suárez on the right side of the penalty ...

The Sporting News will update this page throughout 2025 as the candidates to win the award stake their claims. Here are the top 10 players in contention for the Ballon d'Or, ranked by how The ...

Football pundit, Mark Goldbridge has disagreed with Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand for backing Lamine Yamal to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or. Ferdinand had backed Yamal to win this year’s ...

Messi was 22 when he first won the Ballon d’Or so, at 17, Yamal is on course to beat him by four years and become comfortably the youngest winner in the award's long and illustrious history. Barca ...

Moreover, Yamal could shatter Ballon d’Or records and become, by a wide margin, the youngest player ever to win the prestigious award. Beyond his astonishing individual talent, Lamine Yamal is also ...

Raphinha topped the Ballon d’Or rankings for March, and he looks poised to win the prize given his consistent performance. While the 28-year-old has been favored by many to win the 2025 Ballon d ...