Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas win 2026 Ballon d'Or awards

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Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or on Monday, becoming the first Englishman to claim the award in 25 years. He beat Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal to the prize. Kane scored 73 goals in 65 appearances for Bayern Munich and England during the 2025/26 season. He is the fifth English winner, following Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Bobby Charlton, Kevin Keegan, and Michael Owen. Alexia Putellas won the women's Ballon d'Or Féminin for the third time, having previously won in 2021 and 2022. She left Barcelona this summer to join London City Lionesses.


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