Summary

  • Dembele and Bonmati win main Ballon d'Or award

  • Hampton and Donnarumma win goalkeepers of the year

  • Yamal wins award for best young player and Lopez wins the women's

  • Wiegman and Luis Enrique win coaches of year

  • Arsenal named women's club of the year and PSG win men's trophy

  • Five Lionesses in top 10 of Ballon d'Or Feminin

  • Yamal and Dembele favourites for men's top award

  • Watch reaction on this page after top awards handed out

  • Get Involved: Comment on this page, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston

  1. Dembele is on stage. He is handed the coveted trophy by Ronaldinho and the player kisses the golden ball and smiles for the cameras.

  2. Dembele wins men's Ballon d'Or
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    Ballon d'Or

    Cheers from the audience as Paris St-Germain and France forward Ousmane Dembele is named the world's best player.

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  3. Dembele or Yamal

    Ballon d'Or

    And then there were two...

    Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal.

  4. Mohamed Salah is fourth.

  5. Cole Palmer finishes eighth.

  6. Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldinho is going to present this.

    For those interested, DJ Snake has left the stage.

  7. Now attention turn to the men's award.

  8. 'Bonmati still blows my mind'

    Jen Beattie
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Women's Football Weekly

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    Bonmati still blows my mind when I watch her, I think her goal against Germany [at Euro 2025] to get them through, when any team needs a moment of brilliance, she steps up. She is that calibre of player who can just do things that not many other players can do.

  9. Ballon d'Or

    We have a live reaction show at the top of this page that you can tune into now.

    Hear from European football journalists about the results of tonight's big prizes.

  10. Only two other players have won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row - Lionel Messi and Michel Platini.

  11. An astonishing achievement by Aitana Bonmati.

    A World Cup winner and three-time Champions League winner.

    And now a three-time Ballon d'Or winner.

    And she's still only 27.

  12. Bonmati wins Women's Ballon d'Or
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    Ballon d'Or

    Three in a row for history maker Aitana Bonmati!

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  13. Still waiting.

  14. And we're still being kept waiting to find out the winner.

  15. By the way, Hannah Hampton came 10th for the main women's prize, Lucy Bronze was ninth and Leah Williamson was seventh.

  16. Get Involved: Your picks for the Ballon d'Or

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    Keep forgetting that these awards lean heavily to UCL success. Not sure if that's right or not but it seems like a fact of life.

    MG

  17. Ballon d'Or

    Aitana Bonmati has won this award the past two editions.

    Will the Spain legend make it three in a row?

  18. Russo third

    Alessia Russo comes third! We're still awaiting to find out the winner between Aitana Bonmati and Arsenal's Mariona Caldentey.

  19. Who fancies Champions League and Euro 2025 winner Alessia Russo for this?

  20. Ballon d'Or

    The women's award is first up...

    Barcelona and Spain legend Andres Iniesta is going to present this.

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