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The Best vs. Ballon d’Or: What’s the difference between the two major soccer awards?

The world of soccer has two awards that stand above the rest: the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and The Best, ...

The Best FIFA Football Awards past winners: List of players, coaches to win soccer prize

Since 2016, international football governing body FIFA has hosted its own annual award gala to recognize some of the world's ...

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 currently have two opportunities every year to scoop global individual ...
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 ...
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How Messi and Ronaldo voted at Ballon d’Or and FIFA Best awards

When Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were allowed to vote on football’s biggest awards, neither consistently chose the ...