# Soccer: The Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on 22 September this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top women’s scorer have been added for the ceremony in Paris. There will be an additional prize, the Socrates Award, for actions that promote solidarity, which is open to men or women. The nominees will be announced in early August.
Soccer: Same number of awards for men and women at Ballon d’Or awards