Fifa Ballon d'Or: Cristiano Ronaldo crowned world's best ahead Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer

Cristiano Ronaldo has won his third FIFA Ballon d'Or award and his second in as many years. The Real Madrid and Portugal forward was awarded FIFA's top individual honour over Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. Ronaldo, 29, took home the award for the third time in his career. He and Messi have been the only players to receive the award since then, with the Argentine earning the honour for four straight...

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AirAsia QZ8501 'black box' flight recorder is recovered

Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, say officials. They believe they have also located the cockpit voice recorder, the second part of the so-called black box, but divers have not yet managed to reach it. AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared in bad weather on 28 December with 162 people on board. The aircraft, which was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, is thought to be deep...

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Lionel Messi- media reports are lies, am in Barcelona to stay

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi insists he does not want to leave and says reports he demanded coach Luis Enrique should be sacked are "lies". It was reported the 27-year-old wanted to leave after a row with Enrique. "I have no intentions of leaving for any team, not Chelsea nor Manchester City," he said, after inspiring a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid. "I'm tired of all the things that...

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