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Phwoar! Did you see THAT Ballon d'Or host?!

Cape Town - Cristiano Ronaldo may have won the night's award but presenter, Kate Abdo, stole the show!

Kate Abdo. That's her name.

The brilliant sports presenter, who stole the hearts of football fans around the world, with her beautiful looks and impressive knowledge of the beautiful game.

Abdo currently works for Sky Sports after stints with DW-TV, CNN and Sky Deutschland. She has also hosted the Coppa Italia show on Sky.

Abdo, who is fluent in Spanish, French and German as well as English, sent Twitter into overdrive with her performance at the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or awards.

Here are some of the best tweets:










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