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8 hours ago · The Ballon d'Or ( French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively ...
1 day ago · It started with a tactical switch, Ancelotti boldly picking Bellingham in a more attacking role to compensate for Madrid's lack of a world-class centre-forward after the departure of Karim Benzema.
1 day ago · Couple that with the fact that Karim Benzema was never adequately replaced, and Rodrygo Goes struggled with efficiency in front of goal throughout the first half of the season. For most teams ...
8 hours ago · Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
8 hours ago · Karim Benzema spent the first part of his Madrid career stuck in the shadows of Cristiano Ronaldo, but he quickly started to thrive as an individual after the Portuguese's exit in 2018.
8 hours ago · Ronaldo, Ramos, Marcelo, Benzema and Casemiro are all long gone. Kroos has just had a retirement send-off and will stop playing after the Euros , while Luka Modric, 38, has become a rotational ...
8 hours ago · The five-time Champions League winner joined Al-Nassr in 2023 after the fallout with Manchester United and went on to completely revolutionise the league. His arrival acted as a stamp of approval for many big names in Europe which saw players in the likes of Karim Benzema, Neymar Jr & Riyad Mahrez make the switch to the Gulf region.
