Kylian Mbappe has been crowned the best French player of the 2023-24 season by France Football magazine. The Real Madrid forward narrowly edged Arsenal defender William Saliba to claim the ...

Voting for the Ballon d'Or has undergone some significant change over the years.

It was the brainchild of Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, two journalists from France Football magazine. Hanot was a pretty extraordinary character: he was a player, manager and journalist ...

Since 1956, France Football magazine has hosted the Ballon d’Or in Paris. The award is considered football’s most prestigious award, as journalists select each winner. The award used to be in ...

It is sometimes confused with the Ballon d’Or, an entirely separate prize setup by French magazine France Football in 1956. Confusingly, the Fifa award and the France Football award merged to ...

From Europe to the United States, viewers are eager to know when the ceremony — presented by France Football magazine since 1956 — will take place. The Ballon d’Or is an annual event that ...

Lamine Yamal's brilliant two-goal performance against France sends clear Ballon d'Or message as the Barcelona teenager ...

Not even the winner of the Ballon d’Or knows they’ve won until the ceremony tonight, according to the organizers of the trophy created in 1956 by France Football magazine. After Real Madrid ...

Just a few days ago, France Football magazine unveiled a list of the 30 Ballon d’Or nominees for the season. Among the first-timers and prior winners is a familiar name making a comeback: Lionel Messi ...

France Football magazine has given out the Ballon d’Or award to male soccer players every year since 1956 and to women each year since only 2018. Ada Hegerberg, Olympique Lyon’s Norwegian ...