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Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal and Arsenal star Declan Rice are among the 11 nominees for the FIFA 2025 Puskas Award. The global honour recognising the most breathtaking goal of the year kicked off on Thursday as FIFA revealed the shortlists for both the men’s and women’s prizes. The award, named after Real Madrid icon Ferenc Puskas, recognises the finest goal scored between 11 August 2024 and 2 August 2025, and this year’s competition is stacked with elite talent.

Yamal’s brilliance and Rice’s rocket steal the spotlight

Yamal earned his nomination for a stunning left-footed curler against Espanyol. It was a moment of individual brilliance that effectively clinched the league title for Barcelona. Cutting in from the right, he opened his body and sent the ball spinning into the far top corner, a finish dripping with maturity well beyond his teenage years.

Whereas, Rice stunned the Champions League with one of the most audacious free kicks in recent memory. His nomination came for the second of his two spectacular dead-ball strikes against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. From a seemingly impossible angle, Rice trusted his capabilities and whipped an outrageous shot into the top corner to give Arsenal a famous 3–0 first-leg win.

"To score my first free kick in a game is a special one. And then when I got the second one. I just had the confidence. I'm speechless, really," Rice told Amazon Prime after the Real Madrid game in April.

"When you score a goal, it's the best feeling in the world. It didn't make sense from that angle to cross the ball. It would have to be a delicate pass. And when I saw the wall, it didn't make sense to cross. You know what, I'm happy I took it because it was magic."

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FIFA Puskas Award 2025 nominees

Alerrandro | Vitoria v. Cruzeiro | 19 August 2024

Alessandro Deiola | Cagliari v. Venezia | 18 May 2025

Pedro de la Vega | Cruz Azul v. Seattle Sounders | 31 July 2025

Santiago Montiel | Independiente v. Independiente Rivadavia | 11 May 2025

Amr Nasser | Al Ahly v. Pharco | 17 April 2025

Carlos Orrantía | Querétaro v. Atlas | 16 April 2025

Lucas Ribeiro | Mamelodi Sundowns v. Borussia Dortmund | 21 June 2025

Declan Rice | Arsenal v. Real Madrid | 8 April 2025

Rizky Ridho | Persija Jakarta v. Arema | 9 March 2025

Kévin Rodrigues | Kasımpaşa v. Rizespor | 9 February 2025

Lamine Yamal | Espanyol v. Barcelona | 15 May 2025

FIFA Marta Award 2025 Nominees

Jordyn Bugg | North Carolina Courage v. Seattle Reign | 22 March 2025

Mariona Caldentey | Olympique Lyonnais v. Arsenal | 27 April 2025

Ashley Cheatley | Brentford v. Ascot United |3 November 2024

Kyra Cooney-Cross | Germany v. Australia | 28 October 2024

Jon Ryong-jong | Korea DPR v. Argentina | 2 September 2024

Marta | Orlando Pride v. Kansas City Current | 17 November 2024

Vivianne Miedema | Wales v. Netherlands |5 July 2025

Kishi Núñez|Argentina v. Costa Rica |8 September 2024

Lizbeth Ovalle | Tigres v. Guadalajara | 3 March 2025

Ally Sentnor | USA v. Colombia | 20 February 2025

Khadija Shaw | Hammarby v. Manchester City | 21 November 2024

The legacy of greatness: A look back at previous Puskas Winners

The Puskas Award, introduced in 2009, has become one of the most cherished individual honours in world football. Cristiano Ronaldo’s thunderbolt for Manchester United against Porto in the Champions League remains one of the most astonishing long-range strikes in European history. From nearly 40 yards out, he unleashed a missile into the top corner, and that was the first Puskas winner. 

In 2011, a 19-year-old Neymar announced himself to the world with a goal that seemed sculpted from a video game. Picking up the ball near the halfway line for Santos, he slalomed past four defenders before putting up a composed finish. And the Puskas Award was almost inevitable.

The Egyptian King, Mohamed Salah, took home the prize for his solo run against Everton in the Merseyside derby. Salah dribbled inside from the right, held off defenders with brute strength, then bent an unstoppable curler into the far corner. It was a quintessential Salah finish, and the Puskas Award was his in 2018. 

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Fans can now view all nominated goals on FIFA.com, with voting split 50/50 between supporters and a panel of FIFA Legends. The winners will be crowned at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025.

Danny Rohl has now personally ordered the Rangers board make three new signings in the January transfer window, with the manager’s top transfer priority named.

Rohl is off to a solid start in the Scottish Premiership, recording victories in his opening two matches as manager, which means he already has more league wins to his name than Russell Martin, who left the Gers in nothing short of a terrible position.

Indeed, as a result of Martin’s awful start, the Teddy Bears have a lot of ground to make up if they are going to be serious contenders for the league title, with Hearts currently setting the pace at the top, opening up a 14-point lead.

As bad as the former Southampton boss was, the players must also take their share of the blame, however, and the Heart & Hand Podcast recently singled out a number of first-team stars for heavy criticism.

Consequently, the new manager may feel the need to strengthen his squad this winter, and his number one priority has now been revealed…

Rohl orders Rangers board to make three January signings

According to a report from TEAMtalk, Rohl has now ordered the Rangers board to make three signings in the January transfer window, with the club’s hierarchy ready to back their manager.

Top of the list is a ‘commanding’ new centre-back, given that doubts remain over Nasser Djiga, Clinton Nsiala, Emmanuel Fernandes, John Souttar and Derek Cornelius.

However, signing a new centre-back is not the only task on the agenda, with the 36-year-old making it clear he wants to bring in an energetic midfielder and a prolific striker.

It is clear to see why bolstering the backline is of the utmost importance, with the Gers looking shocking from a defensive point of view on multiple occasions this season, the most recent example of which being the display against SK Brann last month.

That result, in particular, will have underlined the size of the task at hand to Rohl, with James Tavernier being left disgusted by the performance.

Having also conceded nine goals across two legs against Club Brugge, the Gers should undoubtedly sign a new centre-back this winter, but a new striker wouldn’t go amiss either.

Tavenier is the only Rangers player to have scored more than two Scottish Premiership goals this season, despite being a right-back, highlighting the scale of the issues at both ends of the pitch.

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