France, Sept. 23 -- Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati claimed the women's Ballon d'Or for the third year on the trot on Monday night as Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele took the men's award for his starring role in his side's glory-drenched ride to four trophies.

Dembele becomes the sixth Frenchman to win the men's prize since supremos at France Football.magazine established the award in 1956 to salute the best player in Europe.

Bonmati and her fellow Spaniard, Alexia Putellas, have harvested five of the seven women's awards since its inception in 2018.

"It's exceptional what I've been living through," said Dembele after receiving the award from the Brazilian former player Ronaldinho.

"It has been a great year with PSG and to win this t...