Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or last year at age 36. We take a trip down memory lane and remember the five oldest players to ...

Without Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominating the Ballon d’Or conversation, a new generation of stars are battling for football’s highest individual honour. Seven months from the 2025 ...

Instead, Ribery came third in the 2013 Ballon d'Or voting with 1,127 votes (23.36 per cent). Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was second with 1,205 votes (24.72 per cent) as Cristiano Ronaldo took ...

Franck Ribéry (41) spoke in an interview with L'Équipe about the 2013 Ballon d’Or, which was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Leo Messi (2nd) and himself ...

The former Real Madrid star believes the Brazilian would have won multiple Ballon d’Or titles if not for the dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. This statement reignites discussions about ...

Barcelona’s Raphinha oozes confidence ahead of facing Argentina in international clash as the Ballon d’Or speculation ... without Barcelona royalty, Lionel Messi. Messi has been excluded ...

Lionel Messi ... Inter Miami that Messi returned to the Herons' squad at the weekend, even if he did not play. Had the game gone differently, perhaps the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner would ...

Having been a teammate with Lionel Messi at Barca for over a decade, the Spaniard never finished ahead of the Argentine or Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or race. In fact, between 2008 and 2017 ...

The Ballon d'Or went to a new home this year ... be named the top player in men's football for the 2023-24 season. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Luka Modric are all off ...

Back in 2012, speaking to the BBC as per SPORTbible, Lionel Messi said that Sergio Aguero, Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie ...

Lionel Messi's bodyguard Yassine Cheuko expressed ... to stop potential pitch invaders from harming the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner. "They don't allow me to be on the field anymore," the ...