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Ronaldo favourite to add FIFA award to Ballon d'Or triumph

Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite to win the inaugural Best FIFA Men's Player award at Monday's ceremony in Zurich.

The Real Madrid star, who claimed a fourth Ballon d'Or of his glittering career in December, is expected to beat fellow nominees Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann in the race to be named the world's best player of the past year.

The award is a modernisation of the FIFA World Player of the Year, which was last won by Messi in 2009, before the merger with France Football created the FIFA Ballon d'Or. The world game's governing body ended that collaboration last year.