It is that time of the year again when world football's elite are recognised at The Best FIFA Football Awards™. And while the awards this year will be a virtual event, football fans across the world can still stay up-to-date with all the news as it happens.

Follow the action live on FIFA.com, FIFA’s YouTube channel, Facebook or Twitter when the event commences at 19:00 CET on Thursday 17 December.

Reshmin Chowdhury and Ruud Gullit will host the virtual TV show broadcast from the Home of FIFA in Zurich. Gullit needs little introduction to football fans as a former captain of Netherlands and AC Milan, while Chowdhury - like the Dutchman himself - has experience hosting football’s premier awards event. She is a highly respected multilingual English sports journalist and broadcaster who works for BT Sport, talkSPORT and the BBC.

FIFA will hand out prizes in the following categories in the 2020 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards:

The Best FIFA Women’s Player The Best FIFA Men’s Player The Best FIFA Women’s Coach The Best FIFA Men’s Coach The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World11 FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World11 FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Fan Award

Once again fans will be part of The Best FIFA Football Awards™ this year. FIFA is enabling 180 members of Fan Movement, our global community of passionate football fans, to join together in a virtual fan wall that will form the backdrop of the show.

Fans from 53 countries will be adding colour to the event and cheering for their idols as they find out who will be crowned The Best for 2020.