PARIS – World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday. The best women’s player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a ...

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were crowned the best players in men’s and women’s football at FIFA’s annual awards ceremony in Paris on Monday.

Messi was announced as the 2022 winner on Monday at the Best FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris. FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas was named the best women's player for a second straight year. Advertisement ...

Barcelona's and Spain's Aitana Bonmati accepts the award for best women's player during the FIFA Football Awards 2023 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, Jan. 15, 2024.

Lionel Messi was named Best FIFA Men's Player at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema.. Messi won the 2022 World Cup ...

Lionel Messi wins FIFA Ballon d'Or award for astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina; U.S. forward Abby Wambach named best women's player ...

This is the first edition of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award and the three finalists are none other than FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid's mercurial winger ...

World Cup winner Lionel Messi has won FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award for 2022.

Argentina's Lionel Messi speaks after receiving the Best FIFA Men's player award during the ceremony of the Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris, France, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ...

World Cup winner Lionel Messi has won FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award for 2022.

World Cup winner Lionel Messi has won FIFA's Best Men's Player award for 2022. Spain's Alexia Putellas won FIFA's Best Women's Player award for the second straight time. Messi won ...

In the FIFA Awards vote, Messi had 52 points, Mbappé 44, and Benzema 34. Mbappé, 11 years younger than Messi at 24 and considered Messi's heir apparent on the world stage, made the three-man ...