Ranking the 20 greatest German players in football history, including Mesut Ozil, Franz Beckenbauer and Manuel Neuer ...

Successive Bundesliga titles were secured in 1994/95 and 1995/96, with Sammer's performances helping him to win the 1996 Ballon d'Or. The Champions League following in 1996/97, but soon after Sammer ...

It became known as the cry-baby incident as the Ballon d'Or winner accused his friend and fellow 1990 FIFA ... never to be caught. The second meeting of Sammer's first season further underlined the ...

Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund Matthias Sammer joined BVB as ... was named the German Footballer of the Year twice, and won the Ballon d'Or. Kevin De Bruyne is still plying his trade for ...

The landscape of the Ballon d’Or race has changed dramatically following the Champions League quarter-finals. Several early ...

Later this year, the Ballon d'Or will be handed out for the 69th time, crowning the best player in the world during the 2024-25 campaign. And the choice is likely to generate a strong reaction ...

With six months to go until this year's award is given out, we assess the top 10 candidates as it stands in a new regular ...

Peruse that list of Ballon d'Or candidates and most of the others were teenage sensations. Raphinha's own route to the top has been less linear. Consider, for example, that it was only three years ...