Harry Kane Wins the 2026 Ballon d’Or: It’s Finally Coming Home
Twenty-five years of waiting are over. Harry Kane is the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner, the first Englishman to take the award since Michael Owen in 2001. He collected it in London, which is fitting, since this was the first Ballon d’Or ceremony ever held in London, staged to mark 70 years since Stanley Matthews won the first one. Why Harry…
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Harry Kane Wins the 2026 Ballon d’Or: It’s Finally Coming Home
Twenty-five years of waiting are over. Harry Kane is the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner, the first Englishman to take the award since Michael Owen in 2001. He collected it in London, which is fitting, since this was the first Ballon d’Or ceremony ever held in London, staged to mark 70…