Martin Solveig tries to twirl Ada Hegerberg around on stage at the Ballon d’Or ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: Reuters

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Topic | Fifa

Nick Atkin

Published: 11:58am, 4 Dec, 2018

Updated: 1:46pm, 4 Dec, 2018

Martin Solveig tries to twirl Ada Hegerberg around on stage at the Ballon d’Or ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: Reuters

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Nick Atkin

Nick is a production editor on the South China Morning Post's sport desk. He was previously a sports writer for ESPN, and can be found on most days trying to think of ways he can pretend professional wrestling is a sport so that he can write about it.