After missing the entirety of the 2024/25 season with ACL and meniscus knee injuries, the 30-year-old grew in stature throughout last season and was the heartbeat of Spain’s World-Cup-winning side, picking up the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s best player.

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Harry Kane would be “massively proud” to be knighted by the British monarch, but admits it would be “weird” to have everyone calling him Sir. The England and Bayern Munich striker won the Ballon d’Or award on Monday after a stellar year for club and country.

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 years

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Clinical finishing, brilliant passes, and even tackles to help out the defense.There was no shortage of plays that showed why Harry Kane deserved to win this year's Ballon d'Or.The trophy the striker