Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are used to dominating the Ballon d'Or ballot but have had their own say on the award in the past.

Ousmane Dembele may be a Ballon d’Or winner, but former Ligue 1 star Chris Waddle claims that the Paris Saint-Germain forward ...

Ousmane Dembele, the cornerstone of PSG's historic season, won the 2025 Ballon d'Or, surpassing Vitinha, Raphinha, and Lamine Yamal. After his first-ever award, comparisons to Lionel Messi and ...

The Ballon d'Or is the most coveted individual trophy in football. Every year it crowns the best in the world, blending talent, charisma, and achievements. In 2025, it was Ousmane Dembélé who won it, ...

French forward Ousmane Dembélé caps off a dream season with football's most prestigious individual award as Spain's Aitana Bonmatí continues to add to her legacy as one of the best women's players of ...

Lionel Messi may be in a new country playing for a new team in a new league, but he is still taking home the same old hardware. The Paris Saint-Germain megastar was awarded the 2021 Ballon D’Or on ...

The Ballon d’Or is football’s most illustrious individual award; to win it means to be immortalized in football history forever. Essentially, voters get together to decide who should be considered the ...

What were players doing 10 years before they won soccer's greatest individual prize? Ryan O'Hanlon gets his crystal ball out to see which current rising star will lift the Ballon d'Or in 2035.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — By the age of 19 Kylian Mbappe had won the World Cup, become one of the most expensive soccer players ever and was labeled the heir-apparent to Lionel Messi and Cristiano ...

The race for the 2026 Ballon d'Or has begun - so who are the main contenders for the Golden Ball, and who has work to do to ...