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22.05 Also congratulations from the Croatian federation.

22.04 Real Madrid congratulate Modric.

21.58 "All dreams can come true," added Modric.

21.57 Modric: "It is a great honour and a marvellous feeling to be here with great trophy. I want to congratulate Salah and Cristiano for the great seasons that they have had. This trophy is also for my Real Madrid and Croatia treammates."

21.56 And the winner is Modric!

21.53 Now we will find out the best male player

21.50 And the winner is Marta

21.49 Nominees for the best female player are Hegerberg (Olympique), Maroszan (Olympique) and (Orlando)

21.46 Hazard: "It is great to be among these top players, some of them are my friends. I am very pleased."

21.44 Now only The Best players awards are to be given out.

21.41 The trophies are given out.

21.39 The Best Xl is De Gea; Alves, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Kanté, Hazard; Messi, Mbpape and Cristiano.

21.36 Now the FIFA best eleven will be announced.

21.34 Winner of the Fair Play award has gone to Lennar Thy of VVV Venlo who missed a game because he was a donar for a Leukemia sufferer.

21.31 Voters will have recalled how many Peru fans travelled to Russia and got behind their team.





¡Felicitaciones

a los fans peruanos!



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21.29 Peru win the award for having the best fans.

21.23 A look at what has happened up to now.

21.15 Now a look at some of the young stars of the World Cup: Lozano, Quintero, Pickford, Pavard, Mbappe...

21.04. And the winner is Pedros

21.08 Nominees for the top womens' coach: Pedros (Olympique), Takakura (Japan) and Wiegman (Holland).

21.05 Courtois said: "I am very proud to have won this award, thanks to my teammates at Chelsea, Real Madrid and the Belgian national team."

21.04. And the winner is Courtois.

21.02 The best goalkeeper award will be delivered by Van der Sar and Jakson Follmann, who survived the Chapecoense crash.

21.00 Deschamps said: "Zidane and Dalic both deserved this award. I want to thank my president who allowed me to work calmly. The work of the coach is important but we are nobody without the players."

20.58 And the winner for best coach is Deschamps

20.57 Wenger will present the best coach award with Zidane, Deschamps and Dalic the nominees.

20.55 "I am very grateful for those who voted for me and I hope to win another big award tonight," said Salah.

20.54 And the winner is Salah

20.51 Zidane is asked about the best goal and he opted for Bale ahead of the strike by Ronaldo: "as it was in the final it has more merit.

20.49 Marcelo is asked which of the ten nominees he would have liked to have scored. He replied: "the goal that I wanted to score I got against Bayern."

20.46 The Puskas award for the best goal of the season.

20.43 Cristiano Ronaldo's seat, alongside Modric, is empty. Neither he nor Messi are at the gala.

20.42 A video is being show of the best moments at the World Cup.

20.33 The Best ceremony gets underway.

20.27 The trophy is prepared and ready for the winner.

20.25 Modric: "I am happy here with these great players. If I win it will be great but it won't change anything."

20.20 Ronaldinho: "Anyone can win, all have done some great work." On Real Madrid without Ronaldo he added: "Any team without him is going to be worse off."

20.18 Modric, favourite to win the player of the year award.

20.16 Salah, one of the nominees, on the green carpet.

20.14 Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are missing from the awards ceremony.

20.11. Zidane is the latest to arrive at the hotel of the nominees and still he hasn't met Florentino Perez.

20.07. "It is lie to say that Real Madrid are weaker without Ronaldo," said Dani Alves.

19.55. Marcelo poses with his family.

@MarceloM12s son Enzo has been nut-megging players on the green carpet!



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19.51. Hazard has revealed that he voted for Modric.

19.49. Mbappe arrives.

19.46. Enzo, one of Marcelo's children, couldn't resist the temptation to play with a ball.

19.45. Another Real Madrid player in attendance is Courtois.

19.39.Noel Gallagher will play at the even which will be presented by the actor Idris Elba and journalist Anne-Laure Bonnet.

19.36. Sergio Ramos and Pilar Rubio are at the gala.

19.29. The 55 players in FIFA's list.

19.23. These are the nominees for best player, coach and goalkeeper for both men and women.

19.20.Dani Alves, one of the 55 nominated for FIFA's best eleven.

19.07. Ronaldinho will also be in attendance.

19.00. Sergio Ramos and his wife travel to London.

18.57. Modric is the big favourite to win the player of the year having already lifted the UEFA player of the year award.

18.53. The ceremony is being held at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

18.50. Good evening and welcome to The Best awards ceremony. We will find out whether Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo or Salah will be named the player of the year.