• Host DJ Martin Solveig has since apologised for his comment
• Luka Modric won men’s award to break Ronaldo-Messi duopoly
Luka Modric ended a decade of dominance by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d’Or but the Croatian’s win was overshadowed when the inaugural winner of the women’s award, Ada Hegerberg, was asked to twerk live on stage by the host DJ, Martin Solveig.
Hegerberg, who helped Lyon to the French title and Champions League, scoring in the final, pipped Denmark’s Pernille Harder to the prize but appeared embarrassed when asked by Solveig if she wanted to dance in celebration and “knew how to twerk”.
Written by Ed Aarons
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/03/ballon-dor-ada-hegerberg-twerk-luka-modric under the title “Ada Hegerberg: first women’s Ballon d’Or marred as winner is asked to twerk”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
