FIFA to hold annual awards in London

AFP  |  Lausanne 

FIFA's "Best" awards, which recognise football's best men's and women's players and coaches, will be staged in on 24 September, world football's governing body said on Thursday.

The ceremony was also held in last year, when Real Madrid's Portuguese superstar collected the award for male for the second straight year and his then club manager, Zinedine Zidane, was named the best

and were named best woman and best women's

Ten candidates for each of those four awards will be named on July 23, eight days after the end of in With the help of fan voting, they will be winnowed down to three candidates in each category.

will also hand out awards for best goalkeeper, for fair play and for the best fans as well as the Puskas award for the goal of the year and will name a World 11.

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First Published: Thu, May 31 2018. 22:20 IST