The politics of FIFA's Golden Ball


Images of Ronaldo (left) and Messi reflected on the surface of the FIFA Ballon d'Or trophy. - AFP

THERE is really a lot of politics involved when it comes to voting for FIFA's Ballon d'Or - the best football player in the world.

The likes of Lionel Messi and eventual 2014 winner Cristiano Ronaldo did not vote for each other for the year's award, or for the year before that.

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