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FIFA Best Awards 2018 LIVE: Luka Modric wins best player ahead of Mo Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo

The time has once again arrived to celebrate the best that the beautiful game has to offer at the Best Fifa Football Awards, with Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah all competing to be crowned the top men's player of 2018.

Croatia and Real Madrid star Modric returns to London with the best chance of being named Fifa's men's player of the year - an honour that nobody else other than Lionel Messi or Ronaldo has had for a decade.

The former Tottenham midfielder's hopes of breaking the 10-year Messi/Ronaldo duopoly are based on two pillars: one, Messi has not made the short list for the first time since 2007; and two, Modric was the player of the tournament at this summer's World Cup and won Uef's player of the year last month.

Ronaldo, however, has been nominated for another player of the year prize, with Liverpool and Egypt hero Salah completing the line-up.

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TV, online and live stream coverage

The ceremony will be broadcast via live streams on Fifa's Youtube, Twitter and Facebook social media channels, while Standard Sport will bring you live coverage of all the awards.


Ceremony time, venue and presenters

The ceremony begins at 7:30pm BST at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Compered by British actor Idris Elba and featuring a performance by Noel Gallagher, the awards ceremony are in their third year in this guise having previously been a joint venture with France Football's Ballon d'Or between 2010 and 2016, and before that the Fifa World Player of the Year award.


Fifa Best Awards shortlists in full

The Best Fifa Men's Player

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(AFP/Getty Images)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid/Juventus

  • Luka Modric | Real Madrid

  • Mohamed Salah | Liverpool

The Best Fifa Goalkeeper

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(Getty Images)
  • Thibaut Courtois | Chelsea/Real Madrid

  • Hugo Lloris | Tottenham

  • Kasper Schmeichel | Leicester

The Best Fifa Men's Coach

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(REUTERS)
  • Zlatko Dalic | Croatia

  • Didier Deschamps | France

  • Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid

The Best Fifa Women's Player

  • Ada Hegerberg | Lyon

  • Dzsenifer Marozsán | Lyon

  • Marta | Orlando Pride

The Best Fifa Women's Coach

  • Reynald Pedros | Lyon

  • Asako Takakura | Japan

  • Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands

Fifa Puskas Award

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(AP)
  • Gareth Bale | Real Madrid vs Liverpool

  • Denis Cheryshev | Russia vs Croatia

  • Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | AEK Athens vs Olympiacos

  • Giorgian De Arrascaeta | Cruzeiro vs America Mineiro

  • Riley McGree | Newcastle Jets vs Melbourne City

  • Lionel Messi | Nigeria vs Argentina

  • Benjamin Pavard | France vs Argentina

  • Ricardo Quaresma | Iran vs Portugal

  • Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus vs Real Madrid

  • Mohamed Salah | Liverpool vs Everton

Fifa FIFPRO World 11

Fifa Fan Award

Fifa Fair Play Award