THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS 2018
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018: Modric wins Best Player
Luka Modric won The Best FIFA Men's Player prize ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Salah, with Marta taking The Best Women's Player.
Luka Modric has been named The Best FIFA Men's Player 2018, beating off fellow finalists Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah to scoop the accolade at Monday's The Best FIFA Football Awards in London.
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Modric rewarded for starring role for Real Madrid, Croatia
Having been instrumental in Real Madrid's third straight Champions League title last season, and starred in Croatia's run to the World Cup final, the midfielder had been much fancied to succeed former club-mate Ronaldo - who had claimed the prize in its previous two years - as Best Men's Player.
It is the first time since 2007 - when the Ballon d'Or and the former FIFA World Player of the Year award both went to Kaká - that anyone other than Ronaldo or Lionel Messi has received one of the chief individual gongs in men's world football.
The winner of the Golden Ball at Russia 2018, Modric was also named UEFA's 2017/18 Men's Player of the Year a month ago.
Marta wins Best Women's Player
France's World Cup-winning boss, Didier Deschamps, was voted Best Men's Coach, while in women's football Brazil legend Marta took the Best Player award, with Lyon's Reynald Pedros chosen as Best Coach.
Belgium's Thibaut Courtois, who joined Real this summer from Chelsea, was declared Best Goalkeeper.
Salah takes Puskas Award, Real dominate World11
Meanwhile, Salah's derby strike against Everton surprisingly saw the Liverpool star clinch the Puskás Award ahead of Ronaldo and Gareth Bale's memorable overhead kicks for Real, a side who dominated the 2018 FIFA FIFPro World11, with five members of last term's team included.
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018: as it happened
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018: preview
Luka Modric is heavily fancied to scoop The Best FIFA Men's Player prize as the great and good of the beautiful game come together for the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards at London's Royal Festival Hall tonight.
Modric, Ronaldo and Salah the contenders for Best Men's Player
Modric, who in 2017/18 helped Real Madrid to Champions League and Club World Cup success before leading Croatia to the World Cup final, is up for the gong alongside Portugal captain and former club-mate Cristiano Ronaldo - winner of the accolade in its two previous years - and Liverpool and Egypt's Mohamed Salah.
Eight other award categories...
That's not the only gong due to be handed out at the star-studded event in the UK capital, though; indeed, there are eight further categories: Best Goalkeeper, Best Men's Coach, Best Women's Player, Best Women's Coach, the FIFA Puskas Award, the FIFA Fan Award Award, the FIFA Fair Play Award, the FIFA FifPro World11.
Ceremony kicks off at around 20:30
Hosted by actor Idris Elba and French journalist Anne Laure Bonnet, the ceremony itself kicks off at around 20:30 CEST, with the first guests arriving on the red - sorry, green - carpet around an hour and a half beforehand.