Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Portugal won a record-equalling fifth&nbsp;Ballon d'Or&nbsp;award for the year's best player on Thursday for the second straight year and has now joined Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as a five-time winner of the award.

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