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Monday 10 January 2011 8:06 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 3:24 am

Messi wins top Fifa award

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FOOTBALL: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the inaugural Fifa Ballon d’Or. Messi, 23, won the prize – a merger of the Fifa Player of the Year prize and Ballon d’Or – ahead of his Barca team-mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi.

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