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Team success, the ‘Bundesliga tax’ and the World Cup: three takeaways from the 2026 Ballon d’Or
There was plenty to learn from this year’s ceremony in London as Harry Kane took home the top honor It was an awards show that, as Michael Owen admitted, could have been a phone call – as it was in 2001 when he won. A qu
Published 27 October 2026 at 11:15 UTC
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What happened
arter-century on, a ballroom full of footballers, power brokers, a gravity-defying dancer and a handful of heckling rabble-rousers plodded through a three-hour slog of a ceremony.