Spanish star Alexia Putellas wins the Ballon d’Or as the world’s best footballer for the third time. “Thank you very much. It is a great joy to stand here again,” Putellas says in her acceptance speech.
SportsFridolina Rolfö has been absent at the start of the season. Now the Swedish national team star has chosen to tell her story herself on social media. Rolfö is expecting a baby in March next year.
SportsThe organizer of the prestigious Ballon d'Or gala has received severe criticism. Now the award ceremony is being moved to September to avoid colliding with national team matches on the women's side.
SportsArsenal's women's football team is in the Champions League final for the first time in almost 18 years. After a new giant turnaround, 4–1 away against Lyon, giving 5–3 overall, last year's winner Barcelona awaits in the final.
FootballArmand "Mondo" Duplantis can be named the world's top male athlete. He is one of five nominees in the category in the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards. On the other hand, Sarah Sjöström does not get a place among the year's top female athletes.
SportsWhen 518 sports journalists from 111 countries had their say about the past year, there were two athletes who were superior – the Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and the American gymnast Simone Biles.
SportsReal Madrid boycotted the Ballon d'Or gala when the Spanish giant club got wind of that their star Vinicius Júnior would not be awarded. Now, the Brazilian has been named the best player of the year by Fifa. On the women's side, Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatí, as expected, took home the prize.
FootballHammarby drew lessons from the shock defeat - 0-9 - in Catalonia. But the world's best club team could not be shaken at Tele 2 Arena. Barcelona won with 3-0 and Hammarby's chance to reach the quarterfinals in the Champions League is definitely gone.
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