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Arise, Sir Harry? Downing Street hints at Kane knighthood after Ballon d’Or win

Andy Burnham sends congratulations to England captain Bayern player is first Englishman to win award since 2001 Downing Street has hinted that Harry Kane deserves a knighthood, ­praising the England captain’s “extraordinary achievement” as the first English winner of the Ballon d’Or in 25 years. The prime minister’s spokesperson said Andy Burnham sent praise and congratulations to the England captain, who was announced as the men’s winner of football’s most prestigious individual award at a ceremony on Monday night. Continue reading...

How Kane's Ballon d'Or win could boost the Bundesliga

Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or win not only ended a 25-year wait for an English winner of the award but also saw a Bundesliga player win it for the first time since 1996.

Real Madrid best Barça in brilliant Clásico; Man United mess deepens; Spurs win again

The weekend's big games brought plenty to unpack, with Real Madrid's Clásico win slowing Barcelona down in LaLiga and Man United's heavy home defeat surely pushing Michael Carrick toward the exit.

How 'anti-superstar' Kane defied doubters to become world's best

Harry Kane is the humble 'anti-superstar' who defied doubters to achieve Ballon d'Or greatness, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Team success, the ‘Bundesliga tax’ and the World Cup: three takeaways from the 2026 Ballon d’Or

There was plenty to learn from this year’s ceremony in London as Harry Kane took home the top honor It was an awards show that, as Michael Owen admitted, could have been a phone call – as it was in 2001 when he won. A quarter-century on, a ballroom full of footballers, power brokers, a gravity-defying dancer and a handful of heckling rabble-rousers plodded through a three-hour slog of a ceremony. Aside from a reminder to viewers at home just how precious our free time is, what could be gleaned from the men’s element of the Ballon d’Or ceremony? Continue reading...

Today’s Papers – Double Napoli blow, Juventus drop Kolo Muani?

La Gazzetta dello Sport The capital of records 10,000 fans for the leaders away at...

'Harry Kane one of the outstanding players of his generation': Reaction to Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or triumph

Bayern Munich superstar Harry Kane has won the 2026 Ballon d'Or following his incredible 2025/26 campaign, finishing ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal. Here's what Kane and those who know him best had to say about his momentous achievement.

Bayern Munich's Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d'Or

Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane has become the first Bundesliga player to win the coveted Ballon d’Or in three decades after seeing off competition from some of football’s biggest names to win the 2026 award.

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Why Bayern Munich's Harry Kane deserved to win the 2026 Ballon d'Or

Harry Kane claimed the the 2026 Ballon d’Or after an unforgettable season for club and country - and deservedly so!

Harry Kane joins the Bundesliga's Ballon d'Or winners

Harry Kane has won the 2026 Ballon d'Or as the best player in the world over the 2025/26 season, ending a four-decade drought for Bayern Munich and becoming only the seventh Bundesliga-based player to claim the award. Let's run through all of German football's winners of the coveted award...

2026 Ballon d'Or recap: Kane, Putellas take top awards

It was a great night as Harry Kane won the men's award and Alexia Putellas won a third Ballon d'Or Feminin.

Sources: Mbappé's Madrid end Ballon d'Or boycott

Real Madrid will have representation at the Ballon d'Or award again, with Kylian Mbappé leading the team's delegation at the event, sources have told ESPN.

Ballon d'Or blunder! Site 'leaks' Kane, Yamal and Mbappé as winners

The official Ballon d'Or website mistakenly published articles naming three different players as winners of the 2026 men's award, hours before Monday's ceremony in London.

Barça's Espart has ankle injury, to miss seven weeks

Barcelona have been dealt another setback in defence after confirming Xavi Espart will be out of action for around seven weeks.

Kane prematurely announced as Ballon d'Or winner - but he wasn't only one

Harry Kane's dream of winning the Ballon d'Or came true on Monday, but a few hours earlier organisers prematurely released an article claiming he had clinched the award.

Harry Kane claims men’s Ballon d’Or to end England’s 25-year wait for winner

Alexia Putellas picks up women’s award for third time England captain acclaimed in London ceremony Harry Kane is the Ballon d’Or winner for 2026, the first Englishman to win football’s most prestigious individual trophy in 25 years. Two hours into a lavishly excitable ceremony at the Palladium Theatre in London, Kane’s name emerged from the final envelope to wild cheers inside the auditorium. The women’s Ballon d’Or, awarded moments earlier, was won by Alexia Putellas of London City Lionesses, a third Ballon, five years on from her first in the colours of Barcelona. Continue reading...

Kane ends England's 25-year Ballon d'Or wait - how he bucked the trend

Harry Kane becomes the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best player at a ceremony in London.