Ballon d'Or 2022: Karim Benzema, Alexia Putellas clinch top honours

Real Madrid Star Karim Benzema walked away with the Ballon dOr trophy in a ceremony held at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris France on MondayKARIM BENZEMA IS THE 2022 BALLON DOR Benzema realmadrid ballondor tweeted the official handle of Ballon dOrBayern Munichs Sadio Mane finished as a runner up while Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City was at third spotBenzema became the first French player since Zinedine Zidane to win the top honour Zidane had won this award back in 1998It makes me really proud All the work I did I never gave up It was a childhood dream like all kids the motivation I had two motivations in my life Zidane and Ronaldo Ive always had this dream in my mind that anything is possible Sky Sports quoted Benzema as sayingThere was a difficult period where I wasnt in the French team but I never stopped working hard nor gave up I always kept my head concentrated on playing football and I am really proud of my journey here It was not easy it was a difficult time It was hard for my family as well To be here today for the first time for me Im happy and pleased with my work and I keep goingI want to thank my teammates whether its Real Madrid or the national team My coach thanks to him as well The Real Madrid president as wellI have a lot of people to thank Its an individual prize but its a collective one because everyone has played a role he concludedAlso Read Real Madridrsquos Karim Benzema likely to win Ballon drsquoOrBarcelonas Alexia Putellas became the first to win two backtoback Womens Ballon dOr trophies in consecutive seasonsBACK TO BACK WINNER ALEXIA PUTELLAS IS THE 2022 WOMENS BALLON DOR alexiaputellasFCBfemeni ballondor tweeted official handle of Ballon dOrBeth Mead Englands Euro 2022 winning star and top scorer at that tournament finished as runners up while Sam Kerr of Chelsea from Australia stood at third positionAlexia won the award after an incredible 202122 seaon in which she helped Barca reach second consecutive Champions league final scoring 11 goals in 10 matches and a total of 18 goals and 15 assists within 26 league matchesWithout my teammates this would not have been possible I want to thank the staff and the coach and everyone involved at Barcelona Alexia was quoted as saying by GoalcomManchester City won the Club of the Year honoursManchester City is the club of the year Congrats ManCity clubdelannee ballondor tweeted Ballon dOrFC Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski clinched the Gerd Muller Award getting recognised as the best strikerRobert Lewandowski wins the Gerd Muller Award The best striker of the year Congrats lewy_official tropheeGerdMuller ballondor tweeted official handle of Ballon dOrReal Madrid star Thibaut Courtois got recognized as the best goalkeeper on the globe winning the Yachine TrophyTHIBAUT COURTOIS IS THE 2022 YACHINE TROPHY WINNER realmadrid TropheeYachine ballondor tweeted official handle of Ballon dOrBarcelona midfielder Gavi won the Kopa trophy an award given to the worlds best under21 footballerThe official Twitter of Ballon dOr announced 18year olds win tweeting GAVI IS THE 2022 KOPA TROPHY WINNER FCBarcelona tropheekopa ballondor httpstcoqok7kIbxtPBayern Munich and Senegal striker Sadio Mane got the firstever Socrates Award for his humanitarian efforts off the fieldSadio Mane wins the Socrates Award PrixSocrates with peaceandsportballondor httpstco9bEB2ammnW tweeted Ballon dOrThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever