The Ballon d’Or has been plunged into chaos after its official website published three separate articles claiming Harry Kane , Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe had all won the prestigious individual award before the start of the ceremony .

The world’s best player of 2026 will be crowned tonight at the London Palladium with Bayern Munich and England striker Kane the favourite , off the back of 89 goals for club and country in just 81 appearances since the start of last season.

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But in a colossal error by organisers, Kane was one of three winners promoted by the award’s official website at approximately 5:15pm GMT, hours before proceedings got underway, with Barcelona sensation Yamal and Real Madrid striker Mbappe - the two other frontrunners - getting similar articles posted.

The articles were then down by the website at around 5:45pm GMT.

Harry Kane was one of three to be claimed the Ballon d'Or winner in articles published before the ceremony (Ballon d'Or)

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