"Now we know that the person competing with Messi for the Ballon d'Or was Florentino Pérez and not Cristiano Ronaldo," Ibrahimovic had said to Fox Sports back in December 2018. Ibrahimovic’s ...

Both Messi and Ronaldo dominated the biggest individual ... the first in 2009 and last in 2023. Ronaldo also won 5 Ballon d'Or awards, his last coming in 2017, and kept the famous GOAT debate ...

"We're talking about someone who made everyone dream and he deserved to win the Ballon d'Or..." The Frenchman believes one ...

Thanks to his remarkable achievements, Messi has racked up eigh Ballon d'Ors across his career.

The Barcelona legend scored nearly 100 goals in 2012 🤯 That wasn't enough for Wenger though, who gave a fascinating answer ...

Lionel Messi scored a goal, and Inter Miami outlasted the Mexican champions, Club América, in a preseason clash in Las Vegas ...

The Messi-Ronaldo era, though, has been over for some time now. Ronaldo last finished in the top three in Ballon d'Or voting in 2019, and while Messi did win the Ballon d'Or just last year ...

Lionel Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, by President Joe ...

Bill Shankly once said of Ron Yeats that he was so good, Liverpool could play Arthur Askey in goal. If Shankly had seen ...

The Argentine World Cup winner and eight times Ballon d'Or winner, now plays in the United States for Major League Soccer's Inter Miami. Messi is the first Argentine to receive the honor and the ...