Cristiano Ronaldo: Thierry Henry reacts as Man Utd star shouts during 2014 Ballon d'Or
Cristiano Ronaldo has the slimmest of slim chances of winning the 2022 Ballon d’Or.
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Ballon d’Or 2013: When Franck Ribery felt 'robbed' as Cristiano Ronaldo won award after vote controversy
The 2013 Ballon d’Or will go down as one of the most controversial years in the award’s history as Franck Ribery was “robbed”. Cristiano Ronaldo won his second Ballon d’Or, five years on from his first title, with Lionel Messi finishing as the runner-up and Ribery in third. Ad Ronaldo won 27.99 per cent of the vote, Messi 24.72 and Ribery 23.36.
Ballon d'Or 2022: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Michel Platini - previous winners of award
The Ballon d’Or is back with the 2022 ceremony for the most prestigious football award taking place this coming Monday in Paris. Since 1956, one footballer has been honoured with the Ballon d’Or each year with 64 players winning the prize.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin to stand for re-election in 2023
The news came as UEFA met its member associations on Saturday in Frankfurt where the future of the men's and women's European Championships and their respective qualifiers was discussed. "UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin took the opportunity to personally thank all 55 associations for their letters of support for the next elections received in recent weeks, confirming officially that he will run for another mandate at the upcoming UEFA Congress in Portugal in 2023," UEFA said.
UEFA president Ceferin to stand for re-election in 2023
Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a third term as president of UEFA when it holds its congress in Portugal next year, European soccer's governing body said on Saturday (Oct 8).
Lionel Messi absent from list of Ballon d'Or nominees for 2022
Lucy Bronze, who was runner-up in 2019, is one of three members of England's Euro-winning squad to be short-listed for the women's award.
Ballon d'Or 2022: ‘It would be a scandal if Benzema doesn’t win the Ballon d’Or’ – Former Man Utd player Louis Saha
Louis Saha believes “it would be a scandal” if Karim Benzema doesn’t win the 2022 Ballon d’Or following his role in Real Madrid’s La Liga and Champions League double. Benzema registered a goal or assist every 89 minutes last season and scored 15 goals in 12 appearances in the Champions League, including hat-tricks against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea. Ad/> He scored 27 goals from 32 La Liga appearances and became Real Madrid’s joint-second highest goalscorer, only behind Cristiano Ronaldo who leads the way on 405 goals to Benzema’s and Raul’s 323.
Swiss prosecutors mull appeal in Blatter, Platini case
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini over a suspected fraudulent payment. Blatter and Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football respectively, were cleared on July 8 by the Federal Criminal Court in a trial following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) confirmed to AFP it had taken the first step in appealing against the verdict.