The big Ballon d’Or award ceremony go hold on September 22, 2024, with one big change: equal number of awards go dey for male and female players for the first time, organisers talk on Monday.
The ceremony wey go happen for Théâtre du Châtelet for Paris, na France Football magazine and UEFA go organise am together. This year, dem add new awards like Best Women Goalkeeper, Best Young Women Player, and Top Women Scorer for club or national competitions.
With these new awards, total go reach six awards each for men and women players, plus the Socrates Award wey dey honour players wey do humanitarian or solidarity work, no matter whether na man or woman.
Dem go announce the nominees for all the categories early August.
The 2023 ceremony get gbege because Real Madrid no come after dem hear say Vinicius Junior no win Best Men Player award, but Rodri from Manchester City win am instead.
The 2024 ceremony dey expected to be more open and better, showing big progress for how football talent dey recognized all over the world.
