For Rodri, his inclusion in the Best FIFA Men’s World 11, caps what has been a year full of outstanding individual accolades. The Spanish holding midfielder was crowned the 2024 Ballon d’or winner in ...

One thing 2024 will be known for is breakout Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal. At just 17, he's already well ahead of where Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were at that stage, so just sit back ...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has been named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best awards ... Manchester City midfielder Rodri, with his Madrid team-mate Jude Bellingham finishing ...

This time Rodri ended up second to Vinícius by five points. The Brazil forward was at the FIFA ceremony to collect his award ... There was no movement among the top 18 teams ranked in Monday's Week 9 ...

As the new year begins, Gab Marcotti takes his annual look ahead to the next 12 months in soccer and lays out the things he would like to see in 2025.

One of the most striking moments of soccer in 2024 was when Rodri hobbled onto a stage in Paris on crutches to receive the ...

MANCHESTER, England — One of the most striking moments of soccer in 2024 was when Rodri hobbled onto a stage ... some players say FIFA’s newly expanded Club World Cup, to be held in the ...

A 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu a week ... from Rodri proved enough to see off a talented and dangerous Internazionale side and so ...

Rodriguez and Rondon, along with Lookman, were among the 77 players nominated on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men's 11, which was announced earlier this week. None got in - the team was ...

Rodri became the first defensive ... coaches and captains of national teams, but reverted back to just being journalists in 2016. Between 2010 and 2015 FIFA and France Football reached an ...

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