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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both left off the list of nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or award, marking the first time neither star was nominated since 2003. Record eight-time winner ...

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One year after Lionel Messi took home his eighth Ballon d'Or trophy, the Argentine international failed to make the list of nominees for the award in 2024. The official list of nominees for the ...

For the first time since 2003 neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi have been included in the nominees for the men's ...

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images For the first time since 2003, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were not nominated for the Ballon d'Or. Messi, in particular, has a strong argument to be ...

Plenty dismiss the Ballon d’Or, arguing that individual awards have no place in a team sport, a puritanical view when it is often individual flair that engages most. Players like Pele ...