Highlights from the 2019 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony
By AFP
03 December 2019 |
7:50 am
Highlights from the 2019 Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in Paris. Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award, while USA World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe claimed the women's prize. Rapinoe was not at the Chatelet Theatre in the French capital, unable to make the trip back to the country where she led the USA to victory in July.
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