No place for Messi or Ronaldo as Bellingham makes FIFPRO XI

IMAGE: FIFPRO World XIs. Photograph: Kind courtesy FIFPRO/X Six players from Champions League winners Real Madrid and four from Manchester City feature in this year’s FIFPRO World 11......

No Messi, no Ronaldo: Vinicius Jr. favoured for Ballon d'Or

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr waves to the fans. Photograph: Ana Beltran/Reuters Vinicius Jr's remarkable performances at Real Madrid have put the 24-year-old forward as the odds-on favourite......

Legends missing from Ballon d'Or nominations

IMAGE: FC Barcelona and Spain's Dani Olmo and Yamine Yamal. Photograph: FC Barcelona/X For the first time since 2003, modern football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will not feature in......

Who'll take home the FIFA Best awards?

IMAGE: The current award holder Lionel Messi is shortlisted along with France captain Kylian Mbappe for the FIFA Best Men's Player award. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters and Dylan......

Messi in contention for Ballon d'Or; no Ronaldo in nominees

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the award five times, did not receive a nomination for the first time in 20 years.   IMAGE: Seven-times Ballon d'Or wonner Lionel Messi led Argentina......