• Barcelona’s Messi picks up sixth Ballon d’Or• Rapinoe takes award, with England’s Lucy Bronze secondArgentina’s
Barcelona forward
Lionel Messi claimed the men’s Ballon d’Or award for a record sixth time on Monday, with Megan Rapinoe winning the women’s Ballon d’Or after leading the
United States to a record-extending fourth
World Cup title in
France this year.
The 32-year-old Messi, who lifted the coveted trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, beat Liverpool’s
Champions League winner Virgil van Dijk in a vote of international journalists.
Cristiano Ronaldo was third and Liverpool’s Senegal forward Sadio Mané fourth.