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The Ballon d’Or and Ballon d’Or Féminin are annual awards presented by French news magazine France games Football and have been running since 1956, with the latest awards ceremony taking place on Monday games
Former Real Madrid captain Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or last season while Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas won the women’s award for a second consecutive year games
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is the favourite to claim the men’s trophy for a record-extending eighth time while Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and PSG’s Kylian Mbappe should perform well in the voting games
Putellas spent most of last season injured, so there will be a new winner for the women’s prize with Barcelona teammate Aitana Bonmati the favourite games
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the ceremony:When is the Ballon d’OrThe 67th annual Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place on Monday 30 October 2023 games
It is expected to begin at 8:00pm BST at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France games
How can I watch it?The ceremony will be broadcast on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel for free with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba presenting the live coverage games
Ballon d’Or 2023: Who is nominated for the men’s award?Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig and Manchester City) Andre Onana (Inter Milan and Manchester United) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and Al-Ittihad) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich) Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain) Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) Ruben Dias (Manchester City) Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan) Erling Haaland (Manchester City) Martin Odegaard (Arsenal) Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City and Barcelona) Yassine Bounou (Sevilla and Al-Hilal) Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid) Rodrigo (Manchester City) Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Miami) Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Kim Min-jae (Napoli and Bayern Munich) Luka Modric (Real Madrid) Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-German) Victor Osimhen (Napoli) Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich) Ballon d’Or Féminin 2023: Who is nominated for the women’s award?Daphne Van Domselaar (Twente and Aston Villa)Lena Oberdorf (Vfl Wolfsburg)Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai)Millie Bright (Chelsea)Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)Hayley Raso (Manchester City and Real Madrid)Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal)Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)Alba Redondo (Levante)Lina Caicedo (Real Madrid)Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais)Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)Ewa Pajor (Vfl Wolfsburg)Guro Reiten (Chelsea)Sam Kerr (Chelsea)Debinha (North Carlina Courage and Kansas City Current)Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)Alexandra Popp (Vfl Wolfsburg)Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)Jill Roord (Vfl Wolfsburg and Manchester City)Katie McCabe (Arsenal)Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais)Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)Mary Earps (Manchester United)Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (Manchester City)Mapi Leon (Barcelona)Ballon d’Or 2023: Who is shortlisted for the Yashin Trophy?Brice Samba (Lens)Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbahce)Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)Andre Onana (Inter Milan and Manchester United)Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)Ederson (Manchester City)Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)Mike Maignan (AC Milan)Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)Yassine Bounou (Sevilla and Al-Hilal)Ballon d’Or 2023: Who is nominated for the Kopa Trophy?Xavi (RB Leipzig / PSV Eindhoven)Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern)Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund / Real Madrid)Alejandro Balde (FC Barcelona)Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)Gavi (FC Barcelona)Rasmus Höjlund (Atalanta / Manchester United)Pedri (FC Barcelona)Antonio Silva (Benfica)Elye Wahi (HSC Montpellier / RC Lens) More aboutBallon d'OrAlexia Putellas Karim BenzemaLionel MessiErling HaalandJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1Ballon d’Or shortlist: Who are the nominees for 2023 award?Ballon d’Or shortlist: Who are the nominees for 2023 award?Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d’Or Féminin for a second consecutive year in 2022AFP via Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today games
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs games
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” games
The report did not paint a pretty picture games
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained games
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” games
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” games
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington games
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity games
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 games
5m) last year games
Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too games
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation games
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture games
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch games
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip games
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities games
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply games
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian games
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field games
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity games
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans games
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts games
games Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman games
The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs games
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air games
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles games
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy games
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical games
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before games
In the 20 years games between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools games
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people games
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year games
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change games
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago games
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win games
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five games
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I think we’re at the crossroads games
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it games
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business games
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City games Football Group games
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 games
5bn (£1 games
67bn) games
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup games
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think games
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