Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or; Alexia Potias won the Women's Ballon d'Or for the third time.

Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or; Alexia Potias won the Women's Ballon d'Or for the third time.

Harry Kane, the English striker of Bayern Munich, won the Ballon d'Or in 2026 after a brilliant and record-breaking season, and Alexia Potias, the Spanish midfielder, won for the third time in women's football.

The World Football Ballon d'Or ceremony was held in London on Monday evening, November 4, and Kane, 33, won the world's most prestigious individual football award, beating Kylian Mbappe and Amin Yamal.

Kane is the first English footballer to win the Ballon d'Or in 25 years. Before him, Michael Owen won this award in 2001.

🔸 In the final ranking of the Ballon d'Or for men, Kylian Mbappé was second, and Amin Yamal, Rodri and Lionel Messi were better placed in the third to fifth places.

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