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  • Nominees for the 2012 Ballon d’Or

    Nominees for the 2012 Ballon d’Or

    The list for the nominees for the 2012 Ballon d’Or award were released by FIFA, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the obvious candidates to win this one, while Real Madrid beat Barcelona in terms of number of players on this list and no one really came close to Spain on the international front.

  • The Ballon d’Or Joke of a Shortlist

    The 23 player shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award is filled with mostly Barcelona and Real Madrid players, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fighting for another award. Quite a few names on the list don’t really belong there.