Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas take top honours at Ballon d’Or ceremony

England’s Harry Kane and Spain’s Alexia Putellas have taken the top awards at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony in London. Kane has become the first English winner of the Ballon d’Or in 25 years after an incredible 73-goal haul last season for club and country. Putellas won the treble and the Champions League with Barcelona in the 2025-26 campaign helping her to a third Ballon d’Or title.

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Manchester United legend Denis Law dies, aged 84

Former Scotland, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law – the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d’Or – has died at the age of 84. The man dubbed ‘The King’ and ‘The Lawman’ spent 11 years at Old Trafford, his 237 goals in 404 appearances placing him third in United’s history behind Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton.

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