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.

But what is the difference between the FIFA awards and the Ballon d'Or which also celebrates the footballers of the year? The FIFA prize has been awarded since 1991 when the first winner was ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino appeared to aim a dig at the Ballon d'Or Awards during this year's The Best ceremony In his view, FIFA, the organisation he heads, provides a more inclusive ...

The Ballon d'Or is awarded to the footballer who is voted by top journalists from 100 countries in the FIFA rankings. Each journalist, from one country, picks 10 players in a ranked order with ...

FC Barcelona officially announced at 8:21 p.m. local time that Lamine Yamal has renewed his contract with the club until 2031 ...

but FIFA created its own trophy eight years ago, The Best. Messi leads the way with eight Ballon d’Or wins between 2009 and 2023. Ronaldo has five. The pair have dominated the men’s award in ...

and it used to be known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or. During the 2023 Ballon d’Or ceremony, Lionel accepted his eighth trophy and applauded other younger football players. “I have no doubt that I ...

The Ballon d'Or announced changes this week, adding women's categories and moving global soccer's biggest awards ceremony up ...

ending the world governing body’s involvement with the Ballon d’Or award. This led to the creation of FIFA’s bespoke individual prize, ‘The Best’. Although both awards have the same ...

It is sometimes confused with the Ballon d’Or, an entirely separate prize set up by French magazine France Football in 1956. Confusingly, the Fifa award and the France Football award merged to ...