2025 Ballon d’Or: Zambia’s Barbra Banda ranks 14th in women’s award
Barbra Banda was the highest-ranking female African player in the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards after she placed 14th, Afrosport reports. The 25-year-old Zambian had a 2024 to remember as she helped Orlando Pride to their first-ever National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) title, scoring 17 goals in 25 games and was crowned the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP). She is currently sidelined with a hip abductor injury...