The greatest football players and coaches in the world currently have two opportunities every year to scoop global individual honours thanks to the Ballon d'Or and FIFA's The Best awards. The Sporting News explains how they're different.

Infantino's perceived closeness to President Donald Trump and the process used to introduce the new award have come under scrutiny.

Voting for the awards were split into four sources. Each FIFA-registered national team's captain and one nominated coach per team were eligible, as were one nominated journalist per country, and an online fan vote. Each group had to choose their top three from each category, which would award them five, three or one point.

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Social media users noted that the move to drop charges came shortly after President Donald Trump received a FIFA peace award.

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Vice-president of German parliament slams ‘disgusting’ ceremony in which Donald Trump received peace prize, and calls ticket prices ‘insane’.

Francesco Graziani has told Inter Milan to reinforce their squad in the January transfer window to bolster their Scudetto chances.Speaking to La Domenica Sportiva via FCInter1908, Graziani offered