After a gap of one year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the highest individual honor of football is back. The Ballon d’Or 2021 Awards will be happening tonight in Paris, France.
Prestigious football magazine, France Football will be giving honours to the best players. Lionel Messi will be hoping to win his seventh award while Cristiano Ronaldo will be hoping to equal Messi’s record of six Ballon d’Or trophies.
However, Robert Lewandowski has been having a terrific last two years and he might win the award for the first time.
How to watch the Ballon d’Or 2021 Award ceremony live in India?
The Ballon d’Or 2021 Award ceremony is scheduled at 7:30 pm GMT on Monday, 29th November (1 am IST, Tuesday, 30th November).
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Select 1 and Star Sports Select 1 HD TV channels in India. It will also be live streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.
The Ballon d’Or 2021 Award ceremony will also be live streamed on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel.
Ballon d’Or 2021 nominees
France Football has already announced the 30 nominees for both the male and female awards along with other awards to be handed out tonight.
2021 Ballon d’Or shortlist – Men
- Riyad Mahrez (Man City)
- N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
- Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
- Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
- Mason Mount (Chelsea)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan, PSG)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Raheem Sterling (Man City)
- Nicolo Barella (Inter)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona, PSG)
- Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
- Pedri (Barcelona)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
- Neymar (PSG)
- Ruben Dias (Man City)
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
- Simon Kjaer (AC Milan)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Jorginho (Chelsea)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
- Romelu Lukaku (Inter, Chelsea)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Man Utd)
- Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
- Phil Foden (Man City)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
- Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)
2021 Ballon d’Or Feminin shortlist
- Stina Blackstenius (Häcken)
- Kadidiatou Diani (PSG)
- Christiane Endler (PSG, Lyon)
- Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea)
- Jessie Fleming (Chelsea)
- Pernille Harder (Chelsea)
- Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona)
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
- Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
- Fran Kirby (Chelsea)
- Ashley Lawrence (PSG)
- Lieke Martens (Barcelona)
- Samantha Mewis (Manchester City, North Carolina Courage)
- Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
- Sandra Panos (Barcelona)
- Irene Paredes (PSG, Barcelona)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
- Wendie Renard (Lyon)
- Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns)
- Ellen White (Manchester City)
2021 Yashin Trophy shortlist
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan/ Paris Saint-Germain)
- Ederson (Manchester City)
- Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)
- Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Keylor Navas (PSG)
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
- Samir Handanovic (Inter)
2021 Kopa Trophy shortlist
- Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Pedri (Barcelona)
- Jeremy Doku (Rennes)
- Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)
- Folrian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
- Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
- Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Ballon d’Or 2019 award winners
Ballon d’Or: Lionel Messi
Ballon d’Or Feminin: Megan Rapinoe
Kopa Trophy: Matthijs de Ligt
Yashin Trophy: Alisson
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