Cristiano Ronaldo Wins 2014 Ballon d'Or Award

The Real Madrid and Portugal forward was awarded FIFA's top individual honour over Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer tonight.
Ronaldo, 29, took home the award for the third time in his career, after also winning it in 2008. He said:
"I would like to thank all of those who voted for me,"Ronaldo said as he accepted the award."It has been an incredible year. I would like to continue the work that I have done so far. I want to try to improve, to become better as each day goes by.
"I never thought that I would bring this trophy back home on three occasions. I want to become one of the greatest players of all time."