- The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award presented by France Football since 1956 to honour the best player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.
- Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric has bagged the 2018 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award in more than a decade.
- The 2018 Ballon d’Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony and for the first time in its history, the Ballon d’Or Féminin and Kopa Trophy were awarded to the best female and male under-21 footballer, respectively.
- Ballon d’Or Féminin: Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
- Kopa Trophy: Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
