Lionel Messi has won a sixth Ballon d’Or at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris tonight.
The Barcelona star lead a 30-man shortlist, with Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo expected to finish on the podium. There was no place for last year’s winner Luka Modric, though his Real Madrid team-mates Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard are in the running.
USA national team forward Megan Rapinoe has won the women’s Ballon d’Or .
