CHAMPAGNE MOMENT - Carli Lloydpublished at 18:47

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Women's World Player of the Year

Carli Lloyd! The United States midfielder struggles to hold back the tears, saying "sorry" to the audience as she composes herself.

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The three nominees are Carli Lloyd, Celia Sasic and Aya Miyama.

And the winner is *drum roll please*....

 The three above are the nominees for the Women's Player of the Year award, (from left to right) America's Carli Lloyd, Germany's Celia Sasic and Japan's Aya Miyama, 

The hat-trick scorer? Carli Lloyd.

Neymar: "We are all share responsibility and than is an honour when you play with a team like Barcelona.

"Believe in your dreams, work hard and go for your goals. With all this, one day you will get there.

"I have two great idols. I have been following them for years and today I am sitting alongside them. To be here is a victory, a dream. If I win I could have a party, if I don't lets have a party."

Hmmm wonder who the final nominee is...

Of course, it is Brazil talisman Neymar. The Barca forward bagged 39 goals in 51 matches as the Spanish side swept all before them.

"If you win tonight and beat Lionel Messi will it be awkward on the plane back to Barcelona?" asks host James Nesbitt.

Neymar laughs. So does Messi, who is sat down in front of the stage. 

"To be here is a dream come true. If I win I'll go and have a party - if I don't win I'll go and have a party!" says Neymar.

CHAMPAGNE MOMENT - Wendell Lirapublished at 18:37

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Puskas Award

"Me?! The Winner?!" 

Wendell Lira is unmoved as his name is announced as the winner of the Puskas Award.

Finally he rips off his translation headphones to clamber onto stage. Perhaps he wanted to hear the announcement in his own language to make sure it wasn't a joke.

Luckily his missus makes up for his lack of emotion by turning on the waterworks.

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There are three nominees for this year's award and, as you'd expect, they're all stunners.

The first is Roma full-back Alessandro Florenzi, who scored a frankly outrageous 55-yard screamer from the wing against Barcelona in a Champions League group game.

Second is Wendell Lira, who scored a spectacular overhead kick in Brazil’s Goiano state league for Atletico Goianiense against Goianesia.

And third is a more familiar name at these awards ceremonies - Lionel Messi. The Barcelona star picked the ball up near halfway in the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao, beat four met, cut inside and fired home.

You can watch all the goals on Fifa's website here., external

Back on to the awards. Next up? The Puskas Award given to the best goal of 2015...

Is that Lionel Messi up on his feet grooving away to Leona?! Of course it isn't...

Who wants a bit of a boogie? In true awards ceremony fashion, the prizes are being broken up by a musical interlude. No covers crooner at the Ballon d'Or ceremony however. Nope, here we have "British singing sensation" Leona Lewis. I use quote marks because that's how Fifa, not me, describe the former X Factor winner.

Agada B Christian: Alexis Sanchez should have replaced Modric on that FifPro list. Biased 

Maztur Unger: Watching the Ballon d'Or all the way from Indonesia. I love Cristiano, but I think Messi will edge ahead this time, deservedly.

Kyalo: Messi deserves to win for winning five club cups in 2015 and taking Argentina to the Copa America final

Time to meet the final nominee for Women's World Player of the Year. And it is a player who does not even play competitive football anymore.

Celia Sasic scored six goals at last year's World Cup to win the 'Golden Boot' gong, but retired shortly after at the ripe old age of 27 to concentrate on her studies and raising a family.

"In the near future I have other plans and other challenges - I'm looking forward to it," she says.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, speaking on stage: "I am a big kid. My job is to help my team achieve trophies, scores goals, be part of the team. This is what I love to do, I love to make people happy.

"I am a glad person and I feel special for that. My goal is always to be at the top level, try to do my best and to carry on like that.

"I am still young, I still want to play more years and I want to make people happy."

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Another player that we know everything about...Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Real Madrid forward scored a whopping 57 goals in 57 appearances in 2015 - but he didn't lift any silverware.

Will that count against him? Not if host James Nesbitt has anything to do with the vote (he doesn't). More gushing from the Manchester United-supporting host over the former Old Trafford player.

Bafana Bafana hero Lucas Radebe says "the plight of refugees is a global commitment and needs global action. And football has played its part".

And he then reveals that this year's Fifa Fair Play Award is to be dedicated to clubs and associations, who have been helping refugees across the world. Former Germany forward Gerald Asamoah collects the prize.

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This award is pretty self-explanatory. But here's how the governing body explain it:

"Each year Fifa also commends other persons or institutions for their fair play, an issue that has always been of crucial significance to world football's governing body. Fifa aims to promote the principles of fair play through projects and campaigns."

One of the true Premier League legends* is up on the stage to announce the Fifa Fair Play award...Lucas Radebe.

What do you mean he isn't a Premier League legend?! The former Leeds United and South Africa skipper was named by Nelson Mandela as one of his heroes so that's good enough for me.

* And I'm slightly biased as a Leeds United fan...

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Time to meet our next nominee for the Women's World Player of the Year award - Japan's Aya Miyama.

"Slight in build and small in stature, Aya Miyama has used 2015 to confirm herself as a true giant of the women’s game," says the Fifa website.

I couldn't have put it any better myself...

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