The 2025 Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on 22 September at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, organisers announced on Monday. The 69th edition of the prestigious event will see an equal number of awards handed out to both women and men for the first time. France Football Magazine and UEFA revealed that the awards for best women's goalkeeper, best young women's player, and...
Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior were in attendance alongside a host of past and present football stars, managers, and experts at the 2024 Globe Soccer Awards held in Dubai on Friday, Afrosport reports. The Globe Soccer Awards, which celebrates outstanding performances in football over the past year, held its 15th annual gala in the capital city of the United...
Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati has been named the Women's Player of the Year at The Best FIFA Awards in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Afrosport reports. Bonmatí claimed the honours for the second consecutive year, adding to her triumph at this year’s Ballon d'Or, which she also won in 2023. The 26-year-old played an integral role in helping Barcelona win the Women's Champions League and...
Zambia international Barbra Banda made history on Monday as the 24-year-old became the first African to be named in the final shortlist for the FIFPRO Women’s World XI, Afrosport reports. The Copper Queens forward, who was recently named the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year, helped Orlando Pride clinch their first National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Championship, scoring the only goal in their 1-0 win against...
Aitana Bonmati was named women's player of the year for the second year in a row at the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night, Afrosport reports. The Barcelona Femeni star was the recipient from last year when she helped Spain to an historic maiden FIFA Women's World Cup title in Australia and New Zealand. Bonmati was instrumental in Barca winning the quadruple of...
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