France Football, FIFA To Merge Prestigious Awards
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July 6, 2010, Tuesday
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WORLD football's two most prestigious player of the year awards will merge into a single title called the Ballon d'Or from next year.
Europe's existing Ballon d'Or and FIFA's World Player of the Year award will cease to exist as individual entities and the new award will be given for the first time in January.
"From January of next year we will have one single trophy for the best player in the world," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday. The deal was announced by France Football magazine publisher Marie-Odile Amaury and Blatter, though no financial details of the initial four-year partnership were revealed.
"We are very proud to be announcing this together with you," Amaury said.
France Football created its European Footballer of the Year award, the Ballon d'Or, or Golden Ball, in 1956 from a poll of European journalists. FIFA's first presented its award in 1991. It is voted for by national team coaches and captains.
Europe's existing Ballon d'Or and FIFA's World Player of the Year award will cease to exist as individual entities and the new award will be given for the first time in January.
"From January of next year we will have one single trophy for the best player in the world," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday. The deal was announced by France Football magazine publisher Marie-Odile Amaury and Blatter, though no financial details of the initial four-year partnership were revealed.
"We are very proud to be announcing this together with you," Amaury said.
France Football created its European Footballer of the Year award, the Ballon d'Or, or Golden Ball, in 1956 from a poll of European journalists. FIFA's first presented its award in 1991. It is voted for by national team coaches and captains.
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