More importantly, Ronaldo had exorcised the ghosts of the 1998 final loss to France. Consequently, nobody else really stood a chance in the Ballon d'Or vote. Ronaldo's team-mate Roberto Carlos had ...

The race for the top individual accolade in men's soccer has never been more open. With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's ...

Over a decade later, Xavi opens up about the years he came close to winning the Ballon d'Or against Lionel Messi and ...

For football fans of a certain vintage, it can be difficult to remember a time before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo ...

Ousmane Dembélé has emerged as the favourite to win the Ballon d'Or after PSG made the Champions League final.

So will the Messi-Ronaldo duality be broken once again? Goal has all the details about when the Ballon d'Or will be awarded in 2019. It will be the 64th in the history of the prestigious award ...

1987 Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit heaped praise on Al-Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The legendary Dutch midfielder insisted that the 40-year-old was one of the greatest to ever play the ...

After giving a European Championship title to Portugal and another Champions League trophy to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo ends 2016 with something for himself – his fourth Ballon d’Or.

There's been a nearly straight upward line in the age of Ballon d'Or winners over the last decade-plus, largely due to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's dominance of the award. The World Cup ...