Messi, Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappe again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday.
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French prosecutors open rape investigation into PSG's Achraf Hakimi
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Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards
PARIS: World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday. The best women’s player was Spain’s Alexia Putellas for a second straight year. After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé’s France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years.
Lionel Messi named FIFA Best men's footballer for 2022
Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men's player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's award at a ceremony in Paris.
Lionel Messi wins Best FIFA Men's Player Award ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema
Lionel Messi has won The Best FIFA Men's Player Award after leading Argentina to victory at the 2022 World Cup. Messi, 35, scored seven goals in Qatar as Argentina won their third World Cup. Ad He has also been in excellent form for Paris Saint-Germain this season, scoring 17 goals in all competitions, including the 700th of his career in victory over Marseille at the weekend.
Lionel Messi picks up another prize at Best FIFA Awards
Lionel Messi has been named men's player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards at a ceremony in Paris.
Armand Duplantis Sets New World Pole Vault Record
Armand Duplantis of Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.22 metres at an indoor meeting in France on Saturday, describing it as "almost an out-of-body experience". Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year. Competing at the All-Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, central France organised by 2012 Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie, Duplantis cleared the new record at his third attempt to the delight of the 4,000-strong crowd.
