Sports awards

More than once, I've heard the journalist Iñaki Gabilondo say: "When someone says a footballer is the best ever and it isn't Alfredo Di Stéfano..."

Having scooped his fifth Ballon d'Or, Cristiano Ronaldo is set to receive a huge ovation at the Bernabéu this afternoon...

Cristiano Ronaldo won his fifth Ballon d'Or on Thursday evening, meaning he has won the award the same number of times as Barça's Lionel Messi.

The Golden Foot is an award presented in Monaco - under the patronage of its royal family - which has been running for a few years...