Ballon d'Or football award to offer NFTs to winners

Karim Benzema (left), the France and Real Madrid striker, is runaway favourite to win the men's award this year. — Reuters

PARIS: The winners of this year's Ballon d'Or, the top award for individual footballers, will receive digital tokens to go with their gleaming trophies, the organisers told AFP on Thursday.

The France-based award, run by the Equipe media group, has feted the beautiful game's best players for 66 years, bestowing on them global acclaim and a trophy in the shape of a golden football.