Monday’s Ballon d’Or announcement has been hit with a bit of a hitch ahead of the ceremony in London as Lamine Yamal, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe have all been announced as the winners of the prize.
The official Ballon d’Or website published articles showing all three players had been named as the winner of the 2026 award. As you can guess, they were swiftly deleted.
Chaos here at the Ballon d’Or as the official website has 3 articles promoting 3 different winners.
— Nathan Salt (@NathSalt1) October 26, 2026
Organisers in shock. Investigation ongoing as to what’s happened.
More to come on @MailSportpic.twitter.com/Lo8l1STyeX
The error has swiftly gone viral over social media and will be pretty embarrassing for France Football ahead of the ceremony tonight where the official winner will finally be revealed.
As is usual, Monday had seen the rankings from 30th to 11th released slowly over social media until only the top 10 remained. However, fans checking out the Ballon d’Or website then had a bit of a surprise as the articles could be seen claiming all three favorites for the Golden Ball had won.
Kane, Yamal and Mbappe will have to wait a few more hours to discover who really is the best player in the world. The trio are all in the final 10 along with Erling Haaland, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Lionel Messi, Michael Olise, Rodri, Ousmane Dembele and Fabian Ruiz.