Sepp Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud in Bellinzona Ex-France national team captain and manager Michel Platini was also acquitted LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off!, ...

Platini, directly because of the payment, could influence other European members to vote in Blatter’s favor. Bin Hammam later ...

Giampiero Boniperti (1946-1961) played his entire 15-season career with Juve, starting just after World War II and winning five Serie A titles. With a haul of 182 goals, Boniperti was the club's ...

The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious individual soccer award. Lionel Messi has won a record eight times. Check out the all ...

But in 1989 France Football created a brand new award that has only ever been in the clutches of one individual. The Super ...

French star Michel Platini won it three times in a row — the first to achieve that feat — in the 80's. Messi won the 2021 Ballon d'Or, beating out Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho by a narrow ...

After Rodri won the Ballon d'Or Celtic fans may not know that seven Parkhead heroes were once nominated for the prestigious ...

With Aitana Bonmatí’s new award, Barcelona has become the club with the most Ballon d'Or trophies worldwide. Find out here ...

UEFA president Michel Platini will skive off Friday’s Fifa ethics committee hearing because he thinks his fate has already been decided, his lawyers said yesterday. Platini and outgoing Fifa president ...

A former Ballon d’Or winner when he played for Milan, George Weah admitted he ‘loves’ Juventus and ‘supports’ Tottenham as he ...

Advertisement “If Hoddle had been French, he would have won well over 100 caps, and the team would have been built around him,” Michel Platini, a three-time Ballon d’Or winner, once said.

Only one day remains until the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony, which will award the prize to the best player of the year. The ...