Ballon d’Or sexism row: Twitter reacts to Ada Hegerberg being asked to ‘twerk’

Lyon and Norway star won the inaugural Women’s Ballon d’Or award

Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg and French DJ Martin Solveig
Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg and French DJ Martin Solveig 
(Image credit: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

Ada Hegerberg last night made history by winning the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or award but her celebrations were overshadowed by a sexism row at the ceremony in Paris.

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