Fans around the world will be tuning in to watch the 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony from Paris, France this Monday. The awards for the world's best male and female footballers of the past season will be presented at the star-studded event, along with a selection of other prizes to honour the finest figures in the game over 2023/24 . As has become tradition over recent years, there will be several different guests on stage who will present the different prizes, while the evening as a whole will be hosted by former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and sports presenter Sandy Heribert.
STREAM: Ballon d'Or ceremony 2024 LIVE on Paramount+ (FREE trial) Heribert, a famous figure in France and Belgium, has become more of a global household name since she began compering the awards gala five years ago. Full list of Ballon d'Or 2024 nominees | All-time Ballon d'Or winners | How the winner is decided Who is Sandy Heribert? Sandy Heribert is a French journalist and broadcaster who works primarily for public broadcaster France 2, and sports publication and TV station L'Equipe. She has hosted the Ballon d'Or in 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024, alongside former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
Heribert, born in northern Paris in November 1983, is the daughter of a French-Belgian father and English mother. Fluent in English and French, she was inspired to pursue a career in journalism after watching the esteemed Martine Laroche-Joubert reporting from the Gulf War. She began her presenting career with Eurosp.
