England’s Harry Kane and Spain’s Alexia Putellas have taken the top awards at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony in London. Kane has become the first English winner of the Ballon d’Or in 25 years after an incredible 73-goal haul last season for club and country. Putellas won the treble and the Champions League with Barcelona in the 2025-26 campaign helping her to a third Ballon d’Or title.
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Real Madrid ripped up the form book as Kylian Mbappe’s double secured victory over Barcelona in the first Clasico of the season. Mbappe put Jose Mourinho’s side ahead in the 41st minute but the home side replied in the second half through Raphinha. However Madrid resisted the subsequent onslaught as Mbappe struck again in the 87th minute to decide the match in Madrid’s favour.
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Kimi Antonelli just missed out on clinching his first world title in a dominant victory in the United States Grand Prix. The 20-year-old Italian leads Mercedes team-mate George Russell by 123 points after coming home ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Antonelli will be crowned champion in Mexico City next weekend as long he does not lose more than 23 points to Russell and 24 to Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton.
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Kimi Antonelli took pole position for the United States Grand Prix on the weekend on which he can potentially clinch his first world title. The Mercedes driver beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.179 seconds, with the Dutchman’s team-mate Isack Hadjar third ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Antonelli whooped with delight as he took his first pole position since the Belgian Grand Prix in July and said: “It feels good to be back.”
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Vincent Kompany is in hospital after collapsing during a Bayern Munich training session on Friday. The Bayern boss has been struggling with a virus that left him in pain and having difficulty walking on the touchline in last weekend’s victory over RB Leipzig. Kompany insisted he was on the mend after the draw with Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday.
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