{"id":444730,"date":"2017-12-07T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/live-updates-ballon-dor-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T18:00:29","slug":"live-updates-ballon-dor-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/live-updates-ballon-dor-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Ballon d&#8217;Or 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/18627754.295.jpg\" alt=\"MessiCR7\" title=\"MessiCR7\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ronaldo is the big favourite to win after helping his club to La Liga and Champions League glory<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512669629_952_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Hello good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the 2017 Ballon d&#8217;Or awards which takes place in Paris tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid star Ronaldo is the big favourite to win after helping his club to La Liga and Champions League glory.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo won the award last year and also took the top prize in 2013 and 2014. 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