Lionel Messi Wins Eighth Ballon D’Or as Soccer’s Best Player
The Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual soccer award of the year, rewards the best player over a 12-month period. But Lionel Messi essentially won it in just about a month late last year.
Messi, 36, was awarded the prize on Monday for the ei... [858 chars]
Source: The New York Times
