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  Ballon d'Or 2025: List of awards to be presented and nominees, all you need to know

  Football | September 21, 2025 19:09 IST

  The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris will be hosting the Ballon d'Or award 2025 with several key stars nominated for the prestigious honour. From the award list to the nominees, here is all you need to know about the award ceremony.

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  Ballon d’Or award undergoes significant changes

  Football | March 11, 2022 21:57 IST

  France Football magazine has given out the award to men every year since 1956 and to women each year since 2018, though both were cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic.

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  Luka Modric wins Ballon d'Or, ends Messi-Ronaldo's 10-year duopoly

  Football | December 04, 2018 9:33 IST

  Messi and Ronaldo had won every Ballon d'Or since 2008, and usually fought only each other for the greatest recognition among soccer's elite.

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  Kylian Mbappe making case for Ballon d'Or with four-goal game

  Football | October 08, 2018 19:15 IST

  Mbappe won the best young player award at the World Cup in Russia after becoming the first teenager to score in a final since Pele in 1958, delivered his most efficient display since joining PSG against Lyon.

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  France Football launches Women's Ballon d'Or

  Football | September 24, 2018 17:15 IST

  The players will be selected by France Football and a panel of international journalists specialized in women's soccer will vote on a winner.

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  Cristiano Ronaldo moves level with archrival Lionel Messi with 5 Ballon d'Ors

  Football | December 09, 2017 13:42 IST

  Messi was second in the voting and Neymar, who left Barcelona in the offseason to join Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee of 222 million Euros ($262 million), was third.

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  Brazilian beauty Lima won't wear revealing dress for Ballon d'Or awards

  Football | January 03, 2014 7:26 IST

  New Delhi: In a New Year dampener news, Brazilian model Fernanda Lima has said she will not wear any sexy dress  for the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in January. The stunning 36-year-old model garnered worldwide fame