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

The Blaugrana were seconds from advancing to the final at San Siro, only to come undone in one of the most dramatic European ...

Pep Guardiola once named Xavi and Andres Iniesta as two players who never won the Ballon d'Or because of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The two Spanish midfielders are often considered among ...

Some have even suggested he could be an outsider to win the Ballon d’Or this year as one said: “If I had to pick one Barça player for the Ballon d’Or, it’d be Pedri, and I’d do so ...

He added: "As for next year, I would say that Gareth Bale has got his work cut out getting ahead of Messi and Ronaldo to win his first Ballon d’Or. I think it will be between those two again." ...

With multiple league titles with FC Barcelona and PSG respectively, Champions League trophies with the Catalan club, and a World Cup with Argentina, Messi has won eight Ballon d'Or awards.

The former Brazil captain praised the Barcelona forward for his consistency over the past two seasons Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch Archaeologists Found a ...

World Cup champion Lionel Messi has doubled down on his recent feud with Mexican fans. "They put themselves in a position of having a rivalry with us that doesn't really exist," the Argentina ...

Lionel Messi has named Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal as the player to take over from him and Cristiano Ronaldo The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner has hailed the Barcelona youngster as already one of ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Lionel Messi has played in his share of unique environments as one of the top soccer players in the world. He adds another on Saturday when the Argentine superstar visits the ...

Real Madrid's UCL exit after being edged out by Arsenal dents the chances of top dogs Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Jr Barcelona's Raphinha is having a career-best season, making him the top 2025 Ballon ...

The landscape of the Ballon d’Or race has changed dramatically following the Champions League quarter-finals. Several early favourites such as Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr., Erling Haaland, and Mohamed ...