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Messi and Rapinoe expected to take Ballon d'Or honours

Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe are expected to win the big prizes at Monday's Ballon d'Or ceremony.[Courtesy]

The biggest names in world football will descend on Paris on Monday for the 2019 Ballon d'Or ceremony, with Lionel Messi and USA women's World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe tipped to leave with the honours.

It would be an enormous shock if Rapinoe did not depart the Chatelet Theatre with the women's prize as she returns to the country where she was the driving force on and off the field for the United States as they retained their title.

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