Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have long been considered the greatest goal-scorers in modern football. But in a stunning twist, a new list reveals that neither of them holds the top spot in ...

The annual Ballon d'Or race has often been a straight shootout between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past two decades as part of their superb battle for supremacy. During the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi lead the way for Champions League goals, with Robert Lewandowski now clear in third. Ronaldo has netted for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are often dubbed the two best players of all time, and their healthy rivalry has seen both players enjoy sensational careers which has taken them around Europe ...

Easy one to start off with. It was only ever going to be one of two players, and it is Cristiano Ronaldo who is out in front ahead of GOAT rival Lionel Messi.

Either would be the first winner to be born since December 1987. Such was the dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have respectively won eight and five of the last 15 Ballon d’Or ...

Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest soccer player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award — the sport ...

Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain walks past Cristiano Ronaldo of Riyadh XI after scoring the side’s first goal during the ...

Global soccer star Lionel Messi is launching a production company. 525 Rosario is named after the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner’s Argentina hometown and has been formed with Smuggler ...

At 19 years old, Ronaldo was nominated for the Ballon d’Or for the first time, finishing 12th in the rankings, with Ukraine’s Andriy Shevchenko taking the prize. Messi entered the Ballon d ...

Also excluded was Messi’s great rival, five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo. It was the first time since 2003 that neither player made the list. Vinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, ...