How Is the Ballon d’Or Winner Chosen?

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The Ballon d’Or winner is chosen by a jury of football journalists whose ranked selections are converted into points. Under the 2026 regulations, the men’s jury has one representative from each of the top 100 countries in the FIFA rankings; the women’s jury draws from the top 50. Each juror ranks ten players from a shortlist of 30. A first-place selection earns 15 points, second earns 12 and third earns 10, with smaller awards continuing down to one point for tenth place. Adding those scores across the ballots produces the final order. The player with the highest total wins. The rules put individual performance first, followed by team achievements, then class and fair play. The process therefore combines personal judgment with a fixed scoring method. If two players finish level on points, the number of first-place selections breaks the tie. If they remain tied, second-place selections are compared, then third-place selections and so on. Source: France Football’s 2026 voting regulations...
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Why do Canals Have Locks?

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Canals are water ways built by man to carry water traffic. When they are built across high ground in a hilly area, they have to change level at a lock. A lock is like a step. It raises or lowers boats on the canal from one level to another. A boat travelling upstream enters the lock through a pair of lock gates, which close behind it. Sluices at the other end of the lock are opened to let water in, and gradually the water level in the lock rises, when water is in the same level as that beyond the lock, the farther gates are opened to allow the boat to pass through.
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