Vinicius Junior did not win the Ballon d'Or in 2024, but Karim Benzema is convinced the forward will be acknowledged in the ...

However, the Ballon d'Or has long generated as much controversy ... "It was unfair," the former France winger told the Gazzetta dello Sport in 2022. "It was an incredible season for me, and ...

Who, if anyone, has reached the sort of numbers in 2024 that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were posting when they were respectively the same age?

"All the work I did, I never gave up. It was a childhood dream," Benzema said about winning the 2022 Ballon d'Or. Another decade likely needs to elapse before players grow up saying the same thing ...

Benzema won the Ballon d'Or in 2022 after a season in which he led Madrid to a LaLiga and Champions League double -- a feat which wasn't enough to see Vinicius handed the prize two years later.

Rio Ferdinand left Ally McCoist stunned by telling Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to complete an incredible January transfer.

His eighth Ballon d'Or, won in 2023, reaffirms his dominance in modern football, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, which boosted his claim as the world's best.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Al-Nassr in a 3-1 victory over Al-Khaleej to move atop the Saudi Pro League goalscoring standings above Aleksandar Mitrovic and Karim Benzema ...

Napoli beat Jurgen Klopp's Reds 4-1 with Kvaratskhelia impressing after causing the Liverpool defence all sorts of trouble ...

Karim Benzema paid his former club a visit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Ballon d'Or winner was all smiles as he reunited with ...