London Evening Standard

Ballon d’Or 2021 LIVE! Reaction, results, updates and winners after Lionel Messi claims seventh crown

Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift football’s most ...
London Evening Standard

Ballon d’Or 2021: Full vote results as Lionel Messi pips Robert Lewandowski to record seventh crown

Lionel Messi beat Robert Lewandowski to the 2021 Ballon d’Or title by just 33 points after football figures the world over cast their vote for the globe’s best player. Each nation was represented in ...
The New York Times

The rankings so far

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today’s Ballon d’Or ceremony. The Ballon d’Or awards were held for the first time in two years tonight, after last season’s presentation was cancelled due to ...