Ballon d'Or 2022 finalists: Awards event slated for October 17

The winner of the 2022 Ballon d'Or will be announced at a glitzy event on Monday, Oct. 17 in Paris. Karim Benzema is the frontrunner, while Lionel Messi will not be in the mix for the Ballon d'Or for the first time since 2005.

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