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France's Kylian Mbappe arrives on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony for the 2018 Ballon d'Or in Paris. He's the favourite to win the Kopa Trophy for best Under-21 player. Meanwhile Croatia's Luka Modric and a host of French World Cup winners, including Mbappé, hope to pick up the prestigious Ballon d'Or trophy, ending the 10-year duopoly of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. IMAGES
"We play to win so if I play four World Cups, I want to win four," says PSG's star Kylian Mbappé to AFP.
Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the seventh time on Monday, extending his record. Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women's award.
Reims, Aug 29 (EFE).- Kylian Mbappe led Paris Saint-Germain to victory on Sunday, scoring both the team's goals as it blanked Reims on Lionel Messi's much-anticipated debut match with the Paris club after he left Barcalona over a financial dispute.Messi started the match on the bench, only being sent onto the pitch in the 66th minute to replace Neymar at August Delaune stadium, where the 21,000-strong sell-out crowd had chanted his name while he was out warming up before the match. (Camera: ANTONIO TORRES). B-ROLL OF THE AUGUSTE DELAUNE STADIUM, IN REIMS, FRANCE, AHEAD OF THE SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN PSG AND REIMS.
It's the ultimate football dwell of the last decades: Cristiano Ronaldo vs Leo Messi. The Argentinian made it to the Copa America final but lost (again) to Chile. CR7, although not performing well in the Euro, can still reach the final. Who will take advantage for the Ballon d'Or?
After just narrowly leading the Portuguese national football team out of the group stages of the Euro 2016 tournament in a breathtaking match against Hungary, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo led his teammates in a training session in Marcoussis, France ahead of their competition quarter final match against Poland. The Portuguese captain was seen laughing and joking while passing the ball with striker Ricardo Quaresma.