Barcelona’s Lionel Messi collected an unprecedented fifth Ballon d’Or crown to break Cristiano Ronaldo’s two-year stranglehold on one of football’s most coveted individual accolades. The Real Madrid star finished second, with the duo having unbelievably taken home the last eight awards between them. Unsurprisingly, Twitter paid homage…
Un honor para mi poder disfrutar a tu lado en el campo y ahora en el palco ? eres grande y eres mi ídolo! #Messi pic.twitter.com/ySgjqreW87
— Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) January 11, 2016#Messi now has more #BallondOr trophies than you can fit into one tweet... pic.twitter.com/5a6YU6yRYv
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) January 11, 2016Grandes @neymarjr, @DaniAlvesD2, @LUISENRIQUE21 y en especial tú, Leo. Cinco Balones de Oro. Eres único! pic.twitter.com/snv0FMsPJA
— Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) January 11, 2016And a living legend. The genius. #BallondOr winner for the 5th time. Lionel Messi. I am deeply honered to be a part of this family.
— Arda Turan (@ArdaTuran) January 11, 2016Grande Leo por ganar tu quinto Ballon d'Or! Y felicitar a @andresiniesta8, @DaniAlvesD2 y @neymarjr por estar en el FIFPro World XI 2015!
— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) January 11, 2016Some interesting things to view at this ballon d'or ceremony. 1. Jimmy Nesbitt's toupee. 2. Etoo's leather tuxedo jacket. I mean WTF?
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) January 11, 2016Everybody’s talking about the play-offs
There were plenty of thrills and spills in an exciting Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs, from the Cincinnati Bengals choking AGAIN to one of the coldest ever NFL games being played in Minnesota at a bone-chilling -21°C…
There's a reason Martavis Bryant's nickname is "Alien."
This somersault TD catch is pure insanity. #PITvsCIN https://t.co/nswMny6nxq
— NFL (@NFL) January 10, 2016This ones on me... This city this organization deserves better only thing to do is continue to fight and come back stronger
— Jeremy Hill (@JeremyHill33) January 10, 2016Look back at the coldest game in team history through the lens.
https://t.co/9OVIzZBVp2 pic.twitter.com/jNAQuDBgDd
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) January 12, 2016It was a wild weekend to remember.
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— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) January 12, 2016Hype begins for UFC 197
Following his crushing victory over Jose Aldo at the end of 2015, ‘Notorious; Conor McGregor’s bid to become the first UFC fighter to hold titles at different weights began this week as UFC confirmed he will fight Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC 197 in March…
Boom! ??
3.5.16
#UFC197: @TheNotoriousMMA vs @RdosAnjosMMA /@HollyHolm vs @MieshaTate
https://t.co/FfmTWr96Z7 pic.twitter.com/pb7FYJpmRM
— UFC (@ufc) January 12, 2016Baby we did it!! https://t.co/0WWnPAGq4R pic.twitter.com/8SuYg4jCXm
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 13, 2016FINALLY! I felt like Joey in friends with all these secrets ? Time to make history! pic.twitter.com/K4ocrKeSo2
— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) January 12, 2016Ride that Conor money train. Choo, choo!!! #UFC197 https://t.co/9BxmhhvhD0
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) January 8, 2016Tweetlets
Mesut Ozil throws his support behind Jordan’s Prince Ali for the FIFA presidency and Didi Hamann pays homage to David Bowie.
Before the match I met my friend Prince Ali I wish him good luck for the FIFA presidential election #AliForFIFA pic.twitter.com/ZXUKwQ51sh
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) January 9, 2016Bowie touched people with his music without them realising it. One of the last genuine superstars
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) January 11, 2016
