Africa has produced some of the greatest footballers of the modern era but the Ballon d’Or has proven an almost elusive ...

The three-pronged strike force of Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best led Manchester United to English league titles in ...

Cristiano Ronaldo once named the five players he thought could beat him to the 2018 Ballon d'Or, including the man who went ...

Charlton had taken the prize in 1966, giving United three Ballon d’Or winners in the same side, each an iconic figure. Very different attacking talents were different people: Best the emblem of ...

Law is the only Scottish player to claim the Ballon d'Or and holds his country's scoring record. Law is commemorated in a statue at Old Trafford along with Bobby Charlton and George Best.

With 30 goals Law remains joint record scorer for Scotland alongside Sir Kenny Dalglish and is still the only Scottish player to have won a Ballon d’Or ... greats George Best and Bobby Charlton.

Denis Law was the last surviving member of the fabled United Trinity. Together with George Best and Bobby Charlton, he helped to rebuild Manchester United after the Munich Air Disaster threatened to ...

as a statue featuring him alongside Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best - known as the 'holy trinity' - was unveiled in 2008. Pic: AP The only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award ...

And each won the Ballon d'Or between 1964-68 — with Cristiano ... he was a fantastic man." His great friend George Best, who died in 2005, had once described the forward as: “Up there with ...

Denis Law, the iconic former Manchester United striker and the only Scottish player to win the Ballon d’Or, has ...

Sir Alex Ferguson observes a tribute to the late Denis Law prior the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester ...