Harry Kane beats Mbappé and Yamal to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or

Harry Kane has won the 2026 Ballon d’Or, beating Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé at the ceremony in London.
He is the first English winner since Michael Owen in 2001, and only the fifth Englishman ever to win it.
Kane scored 73 goals for Bayern Munich and England last season. He is Bayern’s first foreign winner.
Hours before, the Ballon d’Or website published three articles naming three different players as winner.

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