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It was fitting that Lionel Messi dedicated his 2011 Ballon d’Or award to his Barcelona team-mate Xavi. “I want to share this with my friend,…

Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the third year running after beating off competition from Barcelona team-mate Xavi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano…

Lionel Messi is waiting to discover if he will become the first man since Michel Platini to lift the Ballon d’Or for three years running…

Carles Puyol hailed Barcelona’s Club World Cup final display as Lionel Messi’s sparkling performance helped the Spanish side to a 4-0 rout over Santos in…

Xavi Hernández has told Real Madrid they must adopt a more collective approach if they are to dislodge Barcelona from the pinnacle of Spanish football…

While it is never a surprise to see Lionel Messi win an award, the footballing world was perhaps slightly taken aback on Monday when the Argentine was named as winner of the Fifa Ballon d’Or in Zurich

One of the Barcelona trio of Xavi, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta will on Monday be named as the player of the year at the Fifa Ballon d’Or award ceremony in Zurich

Barcelona players swept aside the competition for this year’s Fifa Ballon d’Or award after Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta were named as the final nominees for the prize

Inter Milan striker Diego Milito beat off stiff competition from the likes of Lionel Messi and Xavi to win the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award

At certain points Webb controlled the final with an iron-fisted brutality, but in other crucial moments he displayed surprising charity

A David Villa goal was all that separated Spain and Portugal in a tense second-round encounter in Cape Town

Switzerland masterminded the first major upset of the World Cup with a dramatic 1-0 victory over pre-tournament favourites Spain

Barca fans will tell you that there is nobody better in the world