Women's Ballon d'Or award to be introduced

A Ballon d'Or for the best female player of the year will be awarded for the first time at the end of 2018, announced France Football Magazine.

15 nominees for the women's prize will be announced in October, alongside the 30 names on the male list.

The prestigious award has been presented to a male player every year since 1956 and this year's ceremony will take place in Paris on 3 December.

Alongside the newly created Women's Ballon d’Or, there will also be another award named the 'Kopa trophy' which will be awarded to the best player under-21 and be voted for by all living winners of the Ballon d’Or.