Yet, USWNT icon Ali Krieger has given the cold shoulder to her own nation’s Triple Espresso and is ‘hands down‘ in calling Aitana Bonmati the real contender for Ballon d’Or. Be it her on ...

If the Women’s Ballon d’Or were a cup final, the cameras would have cut to a shot of the engraver etching Aitana Bonmati’s name on the trophy weeks ago. Bonmati’s accession to the throne ...

It's been a whirlwind last few months for Aitana Bonmatí, the newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner, with memorable victories on and off the field. Far from the days of being the only girl playing ...

In 2021 and 2022 it was awarded to Alexia Putellas; in 2023 and 2024 it has been awarded to Aitana Bonmati. It would be easy — and to a certain extent, perfectly reasonable — to consider this ...

Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri won his first Ballon d’Or, while Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmatí won ... and win this award again,” Bonmati said after picking up the ...

Sold as both a 90-minute movie and also a three-part 40-minute episode mini, “Aitana” is an inside-track ... Spain’s Liga and Copa de la Reina, Bonmati was awarded the Golden Ball for ...

"Where did this girl come from, where did she come from?" Around Catalonia, those incredulous words were heard every time Aitana Bonmati took to the pitch. In the early 2000s - an era when ...