The 2023 Ballon d’Or award ceremony is expected to be held today, which is an award given to the best player in the world every year, and organized by France Football magazine. Many players are competing for the prize in the current version.
The list of candidates includes 30 players, and the absence of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was noted for the first time since 2005, while Erling Haaland is a prominent star after his brilliance with Manchester City and achieving the title of top scorer in the English Premier League and winning a hat-trick.
The nominees also include Lionel Messi, the current Inter Miami player, who has won the Ballon d’Or seven times and led Argentina to victory in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Among the other candidates is the Egyptian player Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool winger, who finished sixth in the 2018 Ballon d’Or and fifth in 2019.
The date of the 2023 Ballon d’Or ceremony today:
The winner of the Ballon d’Or will be announced today at a ceremony held at eight o’clock in the evening Cairo time and nine o’clock in the evening Saudi time. The ceremony will be broadcast on the beIN Sports news channel.
Channels broadcasting the 2023 Golden Ball ceremony:
It can also be followed via the live broadcast of “France Football” magazine on the Internet or through the magazine’s account on social networking sites such as X and Facebook.
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