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Ballon d’Or 2025 live Updated 39s ago The Ballon d’Or ceremony is underway in Paris, where the best men’s and women’s players in the world will soon be crowned. The 30-11 rankings have already been revealed for both awards which leaves the following players fighting it out for the biggest individual prizes in the game. Results: Young players — Yamal, Lopez. Best coaches — Wiegman, Enrique. Best goalkeepers — Hampton, Donnarumma. Top scorers — Gyokeres, Pajor. Women’s club — Arsenal. Watch the ceremony on the Ballon d’Or website or on Paramount+ in the U. S. Email live@theathletic. com to get involved. We now know the ten-player shortlists for both the Ballon d’Or and Ballon d’Or Feminin ahead of today’s ceremony, which starts at the top of the hour. Men: Women: Advertisement 11. Pedri (Spain and Barcelona) The brilliant Spaniard enjoyed his most productive season for Barcelona, overcoming previous injury issues to play 59 times in all competitions in the heart of his side's midfield. No European honours to show for it, but he helped his side to a domestic treble. Must be tough just missing out on the top 10. Like fourth place in the Olympic final. Here they are… 12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia and PSG) Scrabble king Kvaratskhelia, nicknamed ‘Kvaradona’, only joined PSG in January but had such a strong impact that he helped them to the title. Arguably needs to deliver on a more consistent basis for his club to crack the top 10, though. It could be another good night to be a Chelsea fan given several of their players — and manager Sonia Bompastor — are in the running for awards. And here she is, flanked by a few of her players, arriving at the ceremony a little earlier on. Inter are followed closely behind by Liverpool, who are led out by captain Virgil van Dijk. Alisson Becker and head coach Arne Slot came after, before Diogo Jota and Andre Silva’s family walked down the red carpet together. No sign of Mohamed Salah yet… Advertisement Well, that might be one of the more surreal work experiences one could wish to have. I just walked the red carpet at the Ballon d’Or after Sarina Wiegman. The amount of people gathered to see the superstars of the game is incredible. 13. Harry Kane (England and Bayern Munich) Unlucky for some, No. 13 Harry Kane. His incredible goalscoring feats continued for Bayern, 41 in 51, but a sole Bundesliga title isn't enough to be troubling the top dozen places in today's ceremony. He has started like a house on fire this season though, with 13 in just seven matches. Keep it up and he might have half a chance next year. .. Kate Scott has become synonymous with these big football award ceremonies. Scott, who hosts the Champions League coverage on CBS, will be hosting this evening's event too, having previously had the honour in 2014 and 2015. Inter Milan, last year’s beaten Champions League finalists, have arrived. Leading them out is Yann Sommer, who could make his first appearance in the team of the year. He was followed by Denzel Dumfries, who finished in 25th place for the men’s individual award. 14. Desire Doue (France and PSG) The 20-year-old whose name literally translates into English as ‘desired gifted’ worked his way into Paris Saint-Germain's starting XI. No mean feat in his first season with the French giants. He played 61 times in all competitions, scoring 16 goals, including twice in a 5-0 final rout of Inter. Fantastic player. A joy to watch. Advertisement Serhou Guirassy is also here in Paris, having heard the news that he finished 21st in the Ballon d'Or voting. 15. Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden and Arsenal) Gyokeres earned a summer move to Arsenal after a frankly silly 2024-25 season. He scored 54 in just 52 games in all competitions for Sporting in Portugal, in a weaker league, albeit with six in eight in the Champions League. Gyokeres will need to keep that up in red and white to have a chance of finishing any higher in future. On we go. Rankings 15 through 11, coming right up. And there are some big names in their number. Scott Mc Tominay coming 18th means that Denis Law remains the only Scotsman to have won the Ballon d'Or. Law, then at Manchester United, won the award in 1964. Four Englishmen have picked up the Ballon d'Or: Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966), Kevin Keegan (1978 and 1979) and Michael Owen (2001). George Best in 1968 is the only player from Northern Ireland to claim the prize, while no Welshmen have ever done so. Two of the nominees for the Ballon d'Or Feminin have arrived, Melchie Dumornay (left) and Lindsey Heaps (right). Dumornay has the bragging rights there as she finished 18th, while Heaps came 26th. Advertisement Sarina Wiegman is certified footballing royalty. The winning manager of three — yes, three — consecutive women's European Championships is here. She is one of the nominees for the women's Coach of the Year award and will be keeping a keen eye out to see whether any of her England players win the Ballon d'Or Feminin. Juventus forward Kenan Yildiz is among the first players to arrive on the red carpet. It’ll take some doing to wrestle the Kopa Trophy from Lamine Yamal this time around, but he’ll surely be among the favourites to win it next year. The words ‘toys’, ‘thrown’ and ‘pram’ strongly coming to mind following the news below that Real Madrid are once again boycotting the ceremony. What do you think of their second snub in two years? Drop us a line at: live@theathletic. com with your thoughts.