The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 LIVE, Latest updates: Red carpet glamor as the stars arrive
All the latest from today's award show in London
Good evening everybody and welcome to another MARCA in English live blog, this time taking you through the 'The Best' awards gala which is taking place in London.
Plenty of star names are up for individual awards. Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are the final three for the top men's player award.
While Aitana Bonmati, Linda Caicedo and Jennifer Hermoso are the women's candidates.
Players will also have the chance to be named in the FIFPRO World XI, meaning there is plenty of reason to tune in to tonight's ceremony.
This year, the men's awards — and Puskas award — are judged from December 19, 2022 to August 20, 2023, because the Qatar World Cup was included in last year's ceremony.
As for the women's awards, they are based on performances from August 1, 2022 to August 20, 2023.
Thierry Henry, who played for Arsenal and Barcelona, and Reshmin Chowdhury, will be co-hosting tonight's ceremony.
He will be joined by Reshmin Chowdhury, who has extensive experience in the field of soccer and with previous experience hosting FIFA events.
Plenty of big names on this list
* Petr Cech (Czech Republic)
* Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
* Brett Emerton (Australia)
* Rio Ferdinand (England)
* Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
* Kaká (Brazil)
* Mario Kempes (Argentina)
* Alexi Lalas (USA)
* John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
* Park Ji-sung (Korea Republic)
* Ivan Vicelich (New Zealand)
Just a reminder that the ceremony begins in a little over an hour!
Things are a bit more varied on the women's side. Six different women have won the award since 2016.
* 2016: Carli Lloyd
* 2017: Lieke Martens
* 2018: Marta
* 2019: Megan Rapinoe
* 2020: Lucy Bronze
* 2021: Alexia Putellas
* 2022: Alexia Putellas
Since splitting from the Ballon
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