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Ballon d'Or 2026: Kane the bookmakers' favourite ahead of Monday's ceremony
October 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM · Updated 2h ago
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5 reports · 4 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 9 hours
KOKooora
بالأصوات.. محررو كووورة يختارون الفائز بالكرة الذهبية
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AJAl Jazeera English
Ballon d’Or 2026: Can Bayern’s Harry Kane end England’s 25 years of hurt?
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
قبل جوائز الكرة الذهبية.. من تصدر قائمة ماركا لأفضل لاعبي العالم؟
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KOKooora
ليفاندوفسكي يرشح زميله السابق للكرة الذهبية.. ويبدي ذهوله من بايرن ميونخ
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SNSky News Arabia
كمبيوتر خارق يتوقع الفائز بـ"الكرة الذهبية"
(opens the publisher’s site)The 2026 Ballon d'Or will be awarded Monday at London's Palladium theatre, with Harry Kane and Lamine Yamal the leading contenders.
- Kane, who scored 36 Bundesliga goals and 73 overall last season for Bayern and England, holds some 65–70 percent of bookmakers' market share.
- A Canadian Sports Betting supercomputer gave Kane a 58 percent probability of winning, against 18 percent for Yamal.
- Robert Lewandowski said he backs his former Barcelona teammate Yamal to win, calling the 19-year-old "amazing."
- Bayern teammate Luis Diaz said Kane "deserves to win it, 100 percent."
- A Kooora poll of 15 editors using the official points system placed Lamine Yamal first with 195 points, ahead of Kane on 162.
- Marca's ranking, decided by a 226-member international jury, placed Kane first with 3,962 points ahead of Yamal and Mbappe.