Ballon d'Or

Real Madrid star Rodrygo, who savoured La Liga and Champions League glory last season, has reacted to being left off the 30-man Ballon d’Or shortlist.

USWNT, Spain leads Ballon d'Or Féminin nominations list, but Girma missing

The shortlist for world football's most prestigious individual award has been revealed ahead of the ceremony in Paris on October 28

KarimKarim Benzema has revealed that his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo is yet to offer his congratulations for his Ballon d'Or win in October.

Neymar claims Brazil team-mate Vinicius Junior should have finished in the top three at the 2022 Ballon d'Or awards.

Beth Mead finished as runner-up in the Women's Ballon d'Or but was labelled as a 'nameless guest' of partner Vivianne Miedema

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema paid tribute to iconic rapper Tupac Shakur with his stylish throwback look at the 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony.

Karim Benzema has been named Ballon d’Or winner for 2022, with the Real Madrid striker enjoying an incredible calendar year.

The Real Madrid striker picked up the trophy in Paris on Monday, but where did the rest of the 30 nominees place on the final list?

The Real Madrid striker claimed his first Golden Ball in Paris on Monday after a remarkable 2021-22 season for both club and country.

The Real Madrid star is the clear favourite to win the award for the first time ahead of Monday's ceremony in Paris

The Barca star took home the prize in 2021, but one of England's Euros heroes and Lyon's Champions League-winner Ada Hegerberg are in also contention

GOAL has been tracking the race for the most coveted individual award in men's football all year, and here's our final standings...

The final contenders for the most prestigious individual accolade in the game have been revealed

Barcelona's captain became only the third female winner of the prize last year, but has she done enough to retain it?

Real Madrid's No.1 has been tipped to take the gong after a stellar season with the Spanish giants that saw him become a Champions League winner

Everything you need to know about the 2022 Ballon d'Or, including when it is, nominees & more

The former Bundesliga star remains aggrieved by the call to award the forward the prize over him after voting was famously extended

Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or a record seven times...

The PSG star also talked about comments made by Robert Lewandowski and criticism from the fans in Paris

The enigmatic Swedish striker claims he was always going to be overlooked for prestigious individual honours because he likes to speak his mind

The criteria for landing a prestigious prize will be tweaked slightly from this season and has an impact on performances at the 2022 World Cup

The Liverpool star has already elevated himself to world level but now he wants the medals and individual awards to cement his legacy

There was widespread surprise when the on-form Egyptian forward finished only seventh in the Ballon d'Or voting, well behind the top two

The prolific Bayern Munich striker is not expecting to be handed a Golden Ball for his efforts in 2020 despite having the support of an all-time great

The Bayern Munich striker finished behind Lionel Messi in the France Football vote but nobody has been playing with greater consistency than the Pole

The German midfielder has questioned the decision to hand the Argentine his seventh Golden Ball and feels Karim Benzema was more deserving

The Argentine wizard - as predicted by GOAL - won his seventh Golden Ball on November 29, beating the Bayern Munich star into second place

The Manchester United star came in sixth in the rankings for the 2021 award as Lionel Messi took the award home for the seventh time