Football

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has expressed disappointment at critics who claim Lionel Messi should not have been awarded the 2021 Ballon d’Or, Newsextra24 reports. Lionel Messi was on Monday, November 29, handed his seventh Ballon D’or award by France football, the decision however, sparked controversies among football fans. However, …

Liverpool’s Mo Salah has been voted the men’s Player of the Year in a poll of 400,000 supporters, after netting 32 goals and counting, in all club competitions this calendar year, Newsextra24 reports. The Egyptian international was named the best performer in 2021 at the Football Supporters’ Association Awards on …

Samuel Chukwueze got on the score sheet again as Villarreal hammered lower division side Victoria CF 8-0, in the first round of this season’s Copa del Rey on Tuesday, Completesports.com reports. At the weekend, Chukwueze opened his Laliga goals account when he scored in Villarreal’s 3-1 home loss to Barcelona. …

Former England striker, Darren Bent has said that Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski was the right man to be crowned the Ballon d’Or winner for 2021. Messi was given a record seven Ballons d’Or titles on Monday, beating Lewandowski and Jorginho to the 2021 prize. However, there’s been plenty of outcry …

Lionel Messi, on Monday night, November 29, beat Beryen Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and other players to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or award, for the seventh time, Newspremises reports. Lewandowski was pipped to the Ballon d’Or by Lionel Messi while Chelsea’s Jorghino came third, and Cristiano Ronaldo came a distant …

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos and club legend Iker Casillas have led criticism of the decision to hand Lionel Messi this year’s Ballon d’Or, with the German claiming ‘it’s absolutely not deserved’. The Paris Saint-Germain forward saw off competition from Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea midfielder Jorginho to …

Manchester United have confirmed Michael Carrick will remain in caretaker charge for the Premier League game against Arsenal on Thursday. Our former midfielder has overseen the 2-0 win at Villarreal and 1-1 draw with Chelsea since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure. Ralf Rangnick was announced as interim manager on Monday but, while …

Lionel Messi is gearing up to potentially receive the 7th Ballon d’Or of his career. Ahead of this though, his confession of being hurt after Cristiano Ronaldo tied his tally of five in 2017 has resurfaced During his time with FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi became the first player to win …

HERE IS THE WINNER! SEVEN BALLON D’OR FOR LIONEL MESSI! Congratulations Messi.

Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski, was “cheated” after “only” finishing second in this year’s Ballon d’Or award, according to Bild, Newspremises reports. The German newspaper labelled the final results as a “scandal”. Messi, who joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Barcelona during the summer, collected 613 points, to …