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Ballon d'Or vs FIFA's The Best awards: Explaining the differences, history, and which one is bigger

The greatest football players and coaches in the world have two opportunities each year to scoop up coveted individual honours with both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA The Best awards on the calendar. Each ...
Yahoo! Sports

Arsenal forward wins award at Ballon d’Or ceremony

Viktor Gyokeres won the Gerd Muller Trophy and finished 15th in the Ballon d’Or voting on Monday night, after a strong year for the 27-year-old striker. Photo via Arsenal.com On Monday night, Viktor ...
The New York Times

The Ballon d’Or and why football has become so obsessed with individual awards

It is almost a quarter of a century since Michael Owen won the Ballon d’Or, and the story of his coronation as Europe’s best footballer belongs to a different era. Word of the young forward’s ascent ...
CNN

Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí win men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or awards

Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembélé won his first Ballon d’Or award on Monday, while Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí captured her third straight Ballon d’Or Féminin at the annual soccer awards ...