The race for the 2026 Ballon d'Or has begun - so who are the main contenders for the Golden Ball, and who has work to do to keep up?

The race is officially on to see who will succeed Ousmane Dembele as the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner. Dembele took out football’s top individual gong for 2025 thanks to a season in which ...

The Ballon d'Or is an annual award presented by French magazine France Football and is widely regarded as the greatest individual trophy in football.

Only Messi and Ronaldo have retained the Ballon d’Or since Marco van Basten way back in the late ’80s. With all due respect ...

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe has taken the lead in the 2026 Ballon d'Or race, while Barcelona star Lamine Yamal suffers a ...

Here's how the top 5 favorites for the 2025 Ballon d'Or stand after the Club World Cup: full breakdown of each contender, date and venue of the ceremony, and the new leading candidate.

Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman have been left out of the 2026 Ballon d’Or top 10 favourites list despite stellar seasons ...

Michael Olise overtakes Haaland in our latest update.

The year 2026 will soon be upon us, and with the Premier League being the only top league in action this weekend while AFCON is fully under way, now is a great time as ever to take stock of the Ballon ...

Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele has landed the 2025 Ballon d’Or with Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah missing out on the award yet again. Aitana Bonmati, meanwhile, won the women’s Ballon d’Or – the ...

Lamine Yamal had a performance for the ages on Saturday afternoon, as Barcelona shredded Villarreal 4-1 behind the first hat trick of the 18 year old right winger’s career, dominating the third best ...

England national team coach Thomas Tuchel was not best pleased by Harry Kane's position in the latest Ballon D'Or pecking order. "Look, I never know when this Ballon d'Or will take place or what the ...