Messi, Mbappe and Haaland among FIFA Best award nominees, Bonmati on women's list

Best FIFA Awards nominees: Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe up for top player

Spanish world champions well-represented despite Luis Rubiales scandal

Women's World Cup winners Aitana Bonmati, Jenni Hermoso among FIFA Best nominees

Women's World Cup player of the tournament Aitana Bonmati and her Spain teammate Jenni Hermoso were on Thursday nominated for the FIFA Best Player award, with six of Manchester City's treble winners named on the men's list. Bonmati and three of her World Cup-winning teammates, including Hermoso, were among the 16 nominees for women's best player. Hermoso has been in the spotlight recently after being forcibly kissed on the lips by Spanish footb

FIFA Best Awards: Fired Spain coach Jorge Vilda ignored, Jenni Hermoso nominated

Vilda was not among five candidates for the Best Women's Coach Award for 2023, which did include England coach Sarina Wiegman, whose team lost the final to Spain. The candidates were picked by a FIFA-appointed expert panel that included United States great Mia Hamm.

Messi, Mbappe and Haaland among FIFA Best award nominees, Bonmati on women's list

BUDAPEST: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are on the short-list for The Best FIFA Men's Player Award, while Spain's Aitana Bonmati is among the nominees for the Best Women's Player on the back of winning the Golden Ball at the World Cup. Half of the dozen nominees in the men's category were

Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland Headline Men's FIFA Best Nominees, World Cup Winners Aitana Bonmati, Jenni Hermoso Among Women's Category

FIFA have announced the nominees for their annual award 'The Best' under various categories including the best player, best coach, best goalkeepers for both the men's and women's categories.

Fired Spain coach Vilda left off FIFA award list. World Cup winners Hermoso and Bonmatí nominated

Spain’s Women’s World Cup winning coach Jorge Vilda has been left off the short-list of nominees for the annual FIFA awards, a week after he was fired following an international