Diego Maradona never won the Ballon d'Or as only ... However, he did receive an honourary award in 1995 that was named the Golden Ballon d'Or. Not too bad and pretty well deserved!

There's a new frontrunner.

From the last 10 European Golden Shoe winners, only one of them has managed to win the Ballon d’Or which isn’t a great omen for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian forward is currently ...

Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal underlined his status as football’s most exciting talent with an exhilarating performance in ...

The Ballon d’Or, established in 1956 ... the third player other than the legendary duo to lift France Football’s Golden Ball since 2007 last term, but the award will inevitably fall into ...

Ex-River Plate star Matias Almeyda has tipped the sensation to follow in the footsteps of icons Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona by becoming ... in turn hand him Ballon d’Or awards.

with some of the world's best footballers having descended on Paris to find out who would succeed 2022 winner Karim Benzema in lifting the Golden Ball. In the end, it was Ballon d'Or number eight ...

The shortlist for world football's most prestigious individual award has been revealed ahead of the ceremony in Paris on October 30 The Ballon d'Or ... for the 2023 Golden Ball have been announced.