Ballon d'Or Ousmane Dembele among favourites, with Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal and Harry Kane, as 2026 shortlist named.

Kylian Mbappe is among the favourites to claim this year’s Ballon d’Or but England and Bayern Munich star Harry Kane might have something to say about that claim

The battle for soccer’s greatest individual prize is as tight as it ever has been.