The only other player to claim the prize more than once is compatriot Alexia Putellas, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2021 and 2022. Among the nominees for the 2024 prize were Bonmati's Barca ...

Cristiano Ronaldo won his fifth Ballon d’Or in 2017, but what happened to the four players who he named as his main rivals ...

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who later became a legend at Barcelona’s fiercest rivals Real Madrid, was a sought-after talent during his time in Portugal, with both United and Barcelona showing ...

Karim Benzema has said he believes former teammate Vinícius Júnior "will win the Ballon d'Or one day" after the Real Madrid forward missed out on the award last year. Benzema, who left Madrid ...

Lionel Messi's father Jorge Messi once reponded to backlash over his son winning the Ballon d'Or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Former Inter and Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari says Zlatan Ibrahimovic 'talked too much' to win the Ballon d'Or and recalls ...

Neymar should have won the Ballon d'Or five times, so says Gianluigi Buffon ... When Messi joined that deadly duo in 2021, meanwhile, the trio could not have the impact on the European stage ...

Barcelona's two-time Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmati said Thursday she was against Saudi Arabia hosting the women's Spanish ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has reignited controversy surrounding the 2024 Ballon d’Or, accusing the organisers of unfairly denying Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior the prestigious honour. Speaking at the ...

He made the move to PSG in 2021, spending two years in the French ... Thanks to his remarkable achievements, Messi has racked up eigh Ballon d'Ors across his career.