Dembele, Mbappe, Kane and Yamal top Ballon d’Or shortlist

Ballon d’Or Ousmane Dembele among favourites, with Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal and Harry Kane, as 2026 shortlist named.Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026Last year’s winner Ousmane Dembele, as well as Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, are among the top contenders for the men’s Ballon d’Or.The 30 men’s and 30 women’s nominees were revealed by France Football magazine on Tuesday, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in London on October 26.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Life became too hard’: Egypt’s vanishing wrestlers and a sport in crisislist 2 of 4Liverpool announce five-year shirt sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlineslist 3 of 4Lights, camera, action: Irksome influencers at the US Open are here to staylist 4 of 4Sabalenka interrupts US Open match against Rakhimova over cannabis smellend of listIn the women’s field, two-time winner Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor and Melchie Dumornay are among the favourites. Aitana Bonmatí, the winner of the past three awards, did not make the cut after missing most of the season through injury. She returned at the end of Barcelona’s quadruple-winning season that included another Champions League title.Dembele and Mbappe both pla...