The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 nominees list: Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal go head to head for soccer prize originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. FIFA holds its annual The Best awards ceremony in Doha on Tuesday, December 16.

Dismissing Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal, Atletico Madrid legendary head coach Diego Simeone addressed who should've been the true winner of the 2025 Ballon d'Or.

Balagué calls Lamine Yamal "the face of the new Spain," a country increasingly shaped by immigration. That diversity, he said, is embraced by many, though "others will put it against [Lamine] if things go wrong."

Ousmane Dembele has landed the prestigious FIFA The Best award after helping Paris Saint-Germain secure their first-ever Champions League title and a domestic Treble. Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati was also recognised at the ceremony in Doha,

© Claudio Villa/David Ramos/Getty ImagesOusmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain and Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona. Although Ousmane may bet for Kylian to clinch the ...

Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmati has continued her iron grip on the individual awards at the top of the women’s game. Bonmati collected her third straight FIFA Best Award in Doha,

Lamine Yamal has been on everyone's lips recently, following his statements before the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid that ended in victory for the Merengue club by 2-1, with post-match controversy included. Yamal, 18, referred to Los Blancos as a ...

Lamine Yamal has emerged as one of the world's best players and a top contender for the Ballon d'Or. Despite his being rank second in the recent edition, legend Wesley Sneijder omitted him as a candidate for the 2026 award,