⚽ The Théâtre du Châtelet in the French capital of Paris will be hosting the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony, beginning at 9pm Cairo time.

La Créme de la créme: France Football, the French sports magazine that has organized and presented the award since 1956, has nominated 30 players in the running for footballer of the year award based on their performance over the last season. Paris Saint-Germain headlines the list with eight nominations. The team claimed three domestic trophies as well as the top spots in the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.

THE SHORTLIST FOR FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR:

  • Ousmane Dembélé — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Achraf Hakimi — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Désiré Doué — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Nuno Mendes — Paris Saint-Germain
  • João Neves — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Fabián Ruiz — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Vitinha — Paris Saint-Germain
  • Mohamed Salah — Liverpool
  • Virgil van Dijk — Liverpool
  • Alexis Mac Miller — Liverpool
  • Florian Wirtz — Liverpool
  • Lamine Yamal — Barcelona
  • Robert Lewandowski — Barcelona
  • Pedri — Barcelona
  • Raphinha — Barcelona
  • Kylian Mbappé — Real Madrid
  • Jude Bellingham — Real Madrid
  • Vinícius Júnior — Real Madrid
  • Lautaru Martínez — Inter Milan
  • Denzel Dumfries — Inter Milan
  • Erling Haaland — Manchester City
  • Gianluigi Donnarumma — Manchester City
  • Viktor Gyökeres — Arsenal
  • Declan Rice — Arsenal
  • Harry Kane — Bayern Munich
  • Michael Olise — Bayern Munich
  • Cole Palmer — Chelsea
  • Scott McTominay — Napoli
  • Serhou Guirassy — Borussia Dortmund

Several PSG players are expected to miss the Ballon d’Or due to a scheduling conflict, including nominees Hakimi, Mendes, Kvaratskhelia, Ruiz, and Vitinha. Dembélé, Doué, and Neves are expected to attend since they will be missing the matches due to injury.

A heavy-weight matchup brings together Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain at 9pm in the 5th round of Ligue 1. The match was postponed from yesterday due to harsh weather conditions. PSG leads the league with a perfect record of 12 points from four matches, while Marseille sits in eighth place with 6 points from two victories and two defeats. Following will be Napoli and Pisa locking horns as part of the 4th round of La Liga at 9:45pm.

The 8th round of the Nile League kicks off today with three matches:

  • Farco vs. Al Masry (5pm)
  • Petrojet vs. Ghazl El Mahallah (8pm)
  • Zed vs. Al Ittihad (8pm)
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