India, Sept. 23 -- Lamine Yamal finished second in the 2025 Ballon d'Or 2025 voting. At just 18 years, 2 months, and 9 days old, he missed out on football's most prestigious individual honour by the narrowest of margins. While Ousmane Dembele claimed the honor following PSG's historic Champions League triumph, Yamal achieved something equally remarkable. He became the youngest player ever to reach the Ballon d'Or podium.

Brazilian legend Ronaldo Nazario remained the youngest Ballon d'Or winner, capturing the award in 1997 at 21 years, 3 months, and 5 days old. Had Yamal won on Monday night, he would have obliterated this 28-year-old record by an extraordinary margin of approximately three years and one month, or 1,120 days younger than t...