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Ballon d'Or 2026: Yamal, Mbappe and Kane head tight race for Monday's award
October 26, 2026 at 05:56 AM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 8 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Ballon d’Or 2026 predictions: Yamal, Mbappe and Kane – who will win?
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AJAl Jazeera English
Ballon d’Or 2026: Can Barcelona phenom Lamine Yamal become youngest winner?
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KOKooora
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(opens the publisher’s site)The 2026 Ballon d'Or will be awarded at a London ceremony on Monday, with Yamal, Mbappe and Kane locked in a tight three-way race.
- Barcelona will send a 23-member delegation, led by president Joan Laporta and including Yamal and other nominees, to Monday's ceremony.
- Yamal told Movistar Plus he and Mbappe are "the two best players in the world" and that this year he deserves the award "because of what I've won."
- Yamal said the Ballon d'Or should go to the best player rather than whoever scored the most goals.
- Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone said Lionel Messi deserves to win the Ballon d'Or.