Paris: It emerged on Tuesday that Argentina’s Lionel Messi got hold of the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time. He beat both Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift the most prestigious trophy of soccer. “It’s incredible to be here again. Two years ago I thought it was the last time. Winning the Copa America was key,” Messi said at Paris’s Theatre du Chatelet.
