Question: On December 7, 2017, who was awarded the Ballon d’Or, the prestigious award of Football?
(a) Nemar
(b) Cristiano Ronaldo
(c) Manual Neur
(d) Lionel Messi
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- The annual award ‘Ballon d’Or, 2017’ given by the French weekly magazine ‘France Football’ won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal won for the fifth time. (December 7, 2017)
- These include three Ballon d’Or and 2 FIFA Ballon d’Or Awards.
- Ronaldo was given the award in Paris.
- Ronaldo scored a total of 946 points, leaving behind Lionel Messi (670 points) of Argentina.
- Ronaldo now equals Messi’s record of winning this award five times.
- Ronaldo won this award in the year 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
- On the other hand Messi has won this award in the year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
- Football journalists around the world vote for this award.
- Ronaldo plays for “Real Madrid” the Spanish football club.
- Although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with FIFA and the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year, and known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or, but in 2016 the award been reversed back to Ballon d’Or while FIFA also renamed its traditional award.
- Ballon d’Or Award of the year 2016 was too won by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or_2017
https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Video-cristiano-ronaldo-presente-son-cinquieme-ballon-d-or-france-football-au-public-de-santiago-bernabeu/857899