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Ballon d’Or 2026: Updates from awards ceremony in London – as it happened

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Alexia Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or for the third time, while Harry Kane took the men’s, the first Englishman so to do for 25 yearsTalking of UK winners, it’s absolutely insane to think that, in 1968, three winners – Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best – played in the same Manchester United team. Now, though, despite the money in the Premier League and with the exception of Erling Haaland and Bruno Fernandes, the best attackers are found in La Liga and Ligue 1. That looks likely to change…

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