Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or for second straight year

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Cristiano Ronaldo is officially the world's best player for the second straight year, as he received the 2014 Ballon d'Or on Monday night.
The Real Madrid and Portugal forward was awarded FIFA's top individual honour over Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Ronaldo, 29, took home the award for the third time in his career, after also winning it in 2008. He and Messi have been the only players to receive the award since then, with the Argentine earning the honour for four straight years from 2009 to 2012.
The Portuguese earned 37.66 percent of the votes, while Messi edged Neuer, 15.76 to 15.72 percent, for runner-up.
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The Ballon d'Or was presented solely by France Football until 2009, and the publication joined with FIFA's World Player of the Year Award from the 2010 edition.
All three Ballon d'Or finalists were also named to the FIFPro World XIearlier on Monday.

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