Best FIFA Awards winners to be announced today in London ceremony

The Best FIFA Football Awards will take place in London on January 15, Report informs via the BBC.

Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are the final three for the top men's player award.

World Cup stars Aitana Bonmati, Linda Caicedo and Jennifer Hermoso are the women's candidates.

The ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC and online from 19:30 GMT.

A mix of votes from national team players and captains, journalists and fans on Fifa's website - with each counting for 25% - are used to decide the winners, with men's and women's awards for best coach and goalkeeper.

The Puskas award - named after Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas - will reward the best goal and is decided by pundits.

The Fifa Best awards generally cover a calendar year and differ from the Ballon d'Or, which reflect performances across a season.

However, this year, the men's awards - and Puskas award - are judged from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023, because the Qatar World Cup was included in last year's ceremony.

The women's awards are based on performances from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023.

There are also awards for a fan and fair play, while a men's and women's World XI will be named.

Last year's Fifa winner and the current Ballon d'Or holder Messi is up against Manchester City striker Haaland and former Paris St-Germain team-mate Mbappe.

In the time being judged for the award after the World Cup, Messi scored nine goals for PSG as they won the French title and 10 goals in seven games as his new club Inter Miami won the inaugural Leagues Cup in the United States.

Haaland was a key part of the Manchester City team which won the Treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.

The 23-year-old Norway striker scored a record 36 Premier League goals last season. In all competitions in 2022-23, he scored a club-record 52 goals - with 28 of them coming after the World Cup (plus another two goals this season before 20 August).

France's Mbappe, like Messi, won the Ligue 1 title with PSG - and clinched a fifth consecutive Golden Boot.

The 25-year-old scored 18 goals for his French club during the judgment window.

The women's award is judged from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023, the date of the Women's World Cup final.

Two of the nominees, Bonmati and Hermoso played in the Spain midfield as they beat England to win the World Cup in Australia.

Bonmati, 25, has won Uefa's player of the year and the Ballon d'Or already after also leading Barcelona to the Spanish and Champions League titles.

Hermoso, 33, plays her club football in Mexico, recently joining Tigres from Pachuca. She scored three goals and created two assists during the World Cup.

The other candidate is 18-year-old Colombia forward Caicedo, who joined Real Madrid from Deportivo Cali last season.

She played in the Under-17, Under-20 and senior World Cups, scoring the goal of the tournament for her strike in Colombia's shock win over Germany.