even in the running, but after guiding argentina to world cup glory, lionel messi has won a record extending eighth men s ballon d or title. spanish women s world cup winner aitana bonmati claimed her first on a star studded evening in paris. messi was presented the award by david beckham, co owner of his new side inter miami. as expected, he beat several big names, including manchester city s erling haaland and psg s kylian mbappe to win football s top prize after captaining his country to a famous world cup win over france in qatar last year. messi won three more ballon d ors than anyone else and said he couldn t imagine having the career he s had and the fortune of being part of the best team in history. well the women s award was won by aitana bonmati, presented by the tennis world, number one, novak djokovic. the spain and barcelona midfielder winning for the first time. she helped her country to the women s world cup this summer and club barca to the champions league. t
a lot of money, which is something he dislikes and practically it becomes a fundraising burden, not just an opportunity. so there are challenges that his campaign will face on that front, as it unfolds. but it is still notable just how much money he has raised through a mugshot that followed the indictment. i mean, he is selling t-shirts about it. so he is a politician who understands how to capitalize on these moments, unlike any other, i think, we have seen recently. according to our own reporting, he seems to be pleased with the media coverage he received since then. appreciate your time today. thank you. and be sure to tune in for election 2024. the campaign and the courtroom tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. all right. still to come, fifa has suspended spain s soccer chief, luis rubiales. what he is accusing star player jenni hermoso of doing. that s next. get one free.footlong ,
bob bashlger was 99. and now to southwestern louisiana where mandatory evacuations are underway as wildfires continue to burn out of control in the town of mayorville. officials say extreme heat and strong winds are expected to fuel the flames again today. around 20 structures have already been destroyed. the winter weather advisory says these are some of the worst fire conditions louisiana has experienced in decades. officials say no one has been injured in the fires. the head of spanish soccer has been provisionally suspended by the sports world governing body fifa. the announcement hours after spain s soccer federation player accused the man of lying. coy wire joining us. the players we saw were revolting and now we are hearing about coaches doing as well? yeah, this is tough, right. spain s national team, these women should be celebrating becoming the first team from
the world governing body fifa proved to provisionally suspend him from all football-related activities. there has been a groundswell of support for herm herp and condemnation of rubiales. a banner with the words we are all jeni and head coach of barcelona men s team had this to say. translator: first, i would like to give my unconditional support to jenni and the players of the women s team because of what they are going through now. secondly, to condemn the behavior of the spanish federation president, which seems to me absolutely unacceptable, and finally, to express i am sorry and it s a shame that we are not talking about the women s world cup football of what i think is an historic date for our football and that we are talking about the behavior, which is intolerable for me.