Alexia Putellas won the women's Ballon d'Or for a third time on Monday Credit: FRANCK FIFE / AFP

Alexia Putellas picked up her third Ballon d’Or in her new home city of London on Monday, crowning a spectacular return to the top of women’s football after injury cut her down in her prime.

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AFP correspondent.