Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmati retained the women's Ballon d'Or for the second successive season on Monday. ... I don't want to be compared with Messi. It's too difficult to achieve what he did.

Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d'Or. In a career that's spanned over 15 amazing years, we decided to take a look back at his best years and rank them!

With the holding midfielder playing a key role in Spain’s Euro 2024 triumph, he beat Vinicius by just 41 points to win the ...

Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest soccer player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award - the s Skip ...

Messi now has 8 Ballon d'Ors, but he should have 5. He has Iniesta/Xavi's Ballon d'Or, Lewandowski's for his six-trophy season, and Haaland's for being the top scorer." ...

The 2024 Ballon d'Or award will feature a major change with iconic pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi not included on the nomination shortlist. The omission of the two players who have ...

Though it’s clear Martino may hold biases towards his own player, Lionel Messi, he acknowledges the Real Madrid star’s stellar performance from last season.

Francesco Totti suggested that the success Messi had with Barcelona might not have been the same if he played for Roma in ...

Messi won his first Ballon d’Or in 2009 — the start of a four-year streak of taking the top prize. He was first nominated in 2006. Messi and Ronaldo turned the competition into a near-two-way ...