FIFA Full Awards List

FIFA Ballon d’Or: Cristiano Ronaldo
FIFA Women’s Player of the Year: Nadine Kessler
Men’s Coach of the Year: Joachim Low
Women’s Coach of the Year: Ralf Kellermann
Puskas Award: James Rodriguez

FIFA FIFPro World XI:


Manuel Neuer

Philipp Lahm

Sergio Ramos

David Luiz

Thiago Silva

Angel di Maria

Toni Kroos

Andres Iniesta

Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi

Arjen Robben

Ballon D'Or 2014 Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the winner of the 2014 Ballon d'Or, successfully defending his title and beating Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer to the honour in Zurich.    

FIFA's official Twitter account revealed Ronaldo's win on Monday evening, recognition for a stellar past 12 months in the world of football:

 Votes: Cr7 : 36.66 Messi : 15.76 Neuer : 15.72

FC Barcelona star Luis Suarez says Steven George Gerrard is a unique character that Liverpool FC will not be able to replace.

With Steven Gerrard confirming that he will leave Liverpool at the end of 2014-15, as per Liverpool F.C., the nostalgia and tributes have been pouring in from fans all over the world.

The UEFA Team of the Year has been decided, and it features Manuel Neuer, Sergio Ramos, Diego Godín, Philipp Lahm, David Alaba, Angel Di Maria, Toni Kroos, Arjen Robben, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Leo Messi.

UEFA officially released the Team of the Year as voted by fans on Friday.

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The 2014 @UEFAcom users' #TeamOfTheYear has been revealed! How did you vote? http://uefa.to/1eP2Ttu 

 Manuel Neuer, Sergio Ramos, David Alaba and 5 others

CONFIRMED: Inter Milan agree loan for Xherdan Shaqiri

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.@Inter_Channel: "Accordo totale tra #Inter e @FCBayern per l'arrivo di @XS_11official in nerazzurro. Mancano solo le firme" #ForzaInter

7:26 PM - 8 Jan 2015

Inter Milan's official TV channel Tweeted: "Total agreement between Inter Milan and FC Bayern for the arrival of Xherdan Shaqiri. Missing are the signatures."

Shaqiri has been frustrated at Bayern for the past two seasons after failing to break into the first-team.

Official: Longtime FC Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés completes his move to Manchester United with an 18-month contract.

Manchester United's official Twitter feed provided details of the new deal:

#mufc is delighted to announce that Victor Valdes has signed an 18-month contract with an option for a further year.

Leo Messi Staying Due to Tito Promise??

Lionel Messi "is only still at Barcelona because he promised it to Tito Vilanova at his deathbed," according to former Blaugranaassistant coach Henk Ten Cate.

This extraordinary claim was published by Dutch newspaper DeTelegraaf (h/t Stefan Coerts of Goal.com) and adds to speculation suggesting Messi could leave the Camp Nou after forming a difficult relationship with manager Luis Enrique:

Ten Cate continued by saying, "I really want to be supportive, because he has been on another level for 10 years. But I'm not sure he will get back to his best."

Messi is currently being linked with a transfer to Chelsea, with Paul Brown of the Daily Star suggesting a six-year contract is being primed for the Argentinian star.