Ballon d'Or organisers accidentally publish multiple 'winners' before ceremony

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 22:31 · Archive

Organisers of the Ballon d'Or accidentally published articles naming Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé as winners hours before the ceremony at London's Palladium Theatre.

Organisers of the Ballon d'Or accidentally published articles on their website naming multiple players as winners of the men's award on Monday, hours before the actual ceremony took place at The London Palladium in London.

Articles posted on BallonDor.com declared Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé each to have won the 2026 award. France Football, the organiser, had prepared announcement articles in advance for all nominees to ensure rapid publication once the winner was announced, but these were mistakenly posted online before the ceremony.

In a statement to the BBC, France Football said: 'Some profiles of nominees prepared by BallonDor.com were inadvertently published online. These articles had been prepared for all nominees and should in no way be considered as an indication of the final results or rankings.'

How it is being reported

• Ballon d'Or 'winners' published by mistake hours before men's awardThe organizer of the Ballon d’Or event has mistakenly published multiple “winners” of the men’s award on its website hours before the ceremony.News4Jax · 26 Oct, 21:15
• Ballon d'Or 'winners' published by mistake hours before men's awardThe organizer of the Ballon d’Or event has mistakenly published multiple “winners” of the men’s award on its website hours before the ceremony.Clickorlando · 26 Oct, 21:15

In this story: France Football · Harry Kane · Lamine Yamal · Kylian Mbappé · London Palladium

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