Video: Cristiano Ronaldo voted Fifa’s ‘Best’ player of the year

Real Madrid forward beats Lionel Messi and Neymar to take top award for fifth time

Football does enjoy a glittering ceremony and last night’s The Best shindig at the London Palladium was no different. Certainly not in terms of the principal winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was voted Fifa’s player of the year for the fifth time.

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