For the often ignored goalkeepers, the Yashin Trophy - named after Lev Yashin, the only Ballon d'Or -winning stopper - is handed out to the best in the business, with Emiliano Martinez seeking a ...

Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez has claimed the Yashin Trophy for the second year in a row, awarded to the best goalkeeper of the year during the Ballon d'Or ceremony, after leading Argentina to Copa ...

The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union. BBC Sport tells the remarkable story of a man who went from making bullets in a ...

Ronwen Williams – Won 2023 Africa Football League with Mamelodi Sundowns and was on the Ballon d’Or’s Yashin Award (best goalkeeper) shortlist Liberato Cacace – Won 2024 OFC Oceania ...

Lionel Messi was crowned Ballon d’Or winner for a record eighth time after ... Aston Villa and Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez won the Lev Yashin Trophy for goalkeeper of the year after ...

Lionel Messi is expected to collect his seventh Ballon ... at Ballon d’Or 2021 award ceremony after shining for Barcelona and Spain Gianluigi Donnarumma wins goalkeeper’s Yashin Trophy at ...

South Africa captain Ronwen Williams will be heading to Paris for Monday’s Ballon d’Or awards, taking his place among elite company as he is nominated for the Yashin Award.