Messi Beats Haaland, Mbappe to Win Record Eight Ballon d’Or
The Inter Miami forward has now become the first player in history to win the Ballon dβOr while playing club football for a team outside Europe.
Messiβs latest success is not unconnected to his triumph at the Qatar 2022 World Cup with Argentina, winning the tournamentβs best player in the process.
In the womenβs game, Spainβs World Cup-winning star, Aitana Bonmati, won the Ballon dβOr FΓ©minin for the first time in her career after a heroic season with Barcelona.
Ballon dβOr winners are determined through votes from selected 100 journalists across the globe.
The journalists vote based on three criteria, namely playersβ individual performances, collective performances, and a playerβs sense of fair play.
