Sentence examples for before the ballon from inspiring English sources

The pilot and a British passenger jumped out, before the ballon ascended swiftly.

At a news conference before the Ballon d'Or ceremony, Guardiola confirmed he plans to return to management next season.

Cristiano Ronaldo was handed the Ballon d'Or before Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Granada and shared it with his team-mates and the club's veteran match-day delegate Herrerín.

Andriy Shevchenko won the Ballon d'Or in 2004, two years before Roman Abramovich brought him to Chelsea.

Striker Didier Drogba, who scored the winning penalty in Chelsea's Champions League final shoot-out win over Bayern Munich - his final kick for the club before leaving to join Shanghai Shenhua - is also in contention for the Ballon d'Or.

"He is closer to winning the Ballon d'Or than he ever has been," said Capello, before throwing in a joke to relieve some of the pressure around this contest.

The Ballon d'Or winner is theirs.

So how about the Ballon d'Or?

- Ronaldo on the Ballon d'Or "Welcome to the Third Division".

The Ballon d'Or is very important to me.

The Ballon d'Or recognises global impact, not domestic plunder.