Ballon d’Or 2025 betting odds Just days after finishing as runner-up to Rodri at the 2024 Ballon d’Or event, Vinicius Junior was installed by betting sites as the favourites to go one better in 2025 but things look very different right now. Having been around 20/1 when the market for the 2025 award opened, Mohamed … Read more
Manchester: One of the most striking moments of soccer in 2024 was when Rodri hobbled onto a stage in Paris on crutches to receive the prestigious Ballon d’Or for best male player of the year. The Manchester City and Spain midfielder had been one of the most outspoken critics against the increasingly congested soccer calendar, … Read more
Rio Ngumoha is part of Liverpool’s squad to face Southampton in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals this evening. And this is just the 16-year-old starlet’s first step towards his ultimate dream of winning the Ballon d’Or. 4 Ngumoha is yet to make his debut for Liverpool’s U21s, but he’s in the first-team squadCredit: Getty Fellow Reds … Read more
A Premier League legend has hailed Cole Palmer as the best player in the English top flight, comparing him to Zinedine Zidane and Rivaldo. But he believes the Englishman’s hopes of one day winning the Ballon d’Or could be stunted by two other European stars who could dominate the next decade at the top. 5 … Read more
An octopus-like goalkeeper, a star who deserved a Ballon d’Or and a midfielder who would rock up hungover to training. These are just some of the stars that made Rafael van der Vaart’s dream five-a-side team using his former teammates when he sat down with talkSPORT as a guest on the The Lineup. 7 Van … Read more