Across all teams, countries and sports, Cristiano Ronaldo emerged as the highest paid athlete of 2024.

Arsenal hero Dennis Bergkamp came close to winning the Ballon d'Or on two occasions, but he's actually named after a winner ...

Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards agree that Mohamed Salah should be on course to win this year’s Ballon d’Or ...

Pascal Ferre, the editor of France Football magazine which runs the Ballon d'Or, wrote: "Forgive us, Andres. For us, he ...

Real Madrid stars opted to skip the ceremony in October, believing Vinicius Jr. should have been named the world's best ...

Back in October, Vinicius Jr had reacted to his Ballon d’Or disappointment by tweeting in Portuguese, “‘I’ll do it x10 if ...

Vinícius Júnior said a banner from Man City fans -- backing Rodri in their Ballon d'Or dispute -- helped inspire him in Real ...

Manchester City fans made sure to remind Real Madrid that Rodri won the Ballon d'Or over Vinícius Júnior before the two sides clashed in the Champions League.

Carlo Ancelotti confirms that Real Madrid snubbed the Ballon d’Or ceremony in October because they thought Vini was the winner.Real Madrid and City meet in the Champions League knockout playoff ...

Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, still thinks that Real Madrid did the right thing to boycott last year's Ballon d'Or award ceremony.