Ballon d'Or

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

The PSG star was not among the stars named to the final list unveiled on Friday

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

The contenders for the title of best U21 player on the continent have been confirmed

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 Egyptian forward is yet to make the top three in any Golden Ball vote, but his sights remain locked on a prestigious individual prize

The Brazil international forward expects a club colleague to land a prestigious individual prize in 2022, but wants a global crown for himself

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

The Frenchman feels his compatriot is a shoo-in for the individual prize after a stellar 2021-22 campaign

A Senegal international at Anfield has remained a talismanic presence in 2021-22 and could put himself in contention for a prestigious Golden Ball

The former World Cup winner believes that the France attacker is a worthy recipient of the biggest individual prize in football for his talents

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 forward didn't expect to come in seventh place in voting for the prestigious honour

The striker's Bayern team-mate is in no doubt that his spectacular talent in front of the net merited the prize

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

Bayern Munich's star striker has clarified that Messi did not use "empty words" after claiming he should have won the 2020 Golden Ball

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

A small Polish town historically known for salt mining wants to give the Warsaw native something to smile about

The Liverpool star fired a brace just days after finishing seventh in the voting

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 has denied claims that his career ambition is to win the award more times than the Paris Saint-Germain attacker

Welcome to GOAL's coverage of the 2021 Ballon d'Or, where Lionel Messi beat out the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo for an astonish…