7-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi misses cut for 30-man list of nominees
Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi was omitted from the 30-man list of nominees for the prestigious award on Friday for the first time since 2005.
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Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi was omitted from the 30-man list of nominees for the prestigious award on Friday for the first time since 2005.
The 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or have been officially announced.
PARIS: Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was omitted from the 30-man list of nominees for the prestigious award on Friday for the first time since 2005.
Manchester City's Ederson, Liverpool's Alisson and Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois have been nominated for the Yachine Trophy which is awarded to the best goalkeeper in the 2021-2022 season. The award, which was founded in 2019, was won by Liverpool's Brazilian goalkeeper in it's inaugural year and to Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma in 2021.
With the newest instalment of the much-loved FIFA franchise fast approaching, thoughts turn to player ratings.
AC Milan players were fined by the Italian Football Federation on Friday for insulting local rivals Inter Milan during their Serie A title parade. Sandro Tonali, Theo Hernandez and Mike Maignan were ordered to pay 4,000 euros ($4,164) and Rade Krunic 5,000 euros for a variety of offences considered against "the principles of integrity, honesty and correctness".
The Caribbean is known more for its cricket than its football, however the region has played no small part in producing some of the world’s best talent to date, and a combined XI of current players with Caribbean heritage is insanely good.
France remain rooted to the bottom of Nations League A Group 1, condemned to their second defeat in four games by Luka Modric’s penalty which, along with Denmark’s win against Austria, eliminated the holders from the competition with two games still to play. Croatia, meanwhile, move up to second, two points off the lead, and were good value for a fine win.