Harry Kane thanked his family, players and coaches, past and present, as he held back tears after winning the 2026 Ballon d’Or at London Palladium.

The England captain and Bayern Munich striker beat Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe to world football’s most prestigious individual prize at the London Palladium, rewarded for a staggering season in which he scored 73 goals for club and country.

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Kane, who spent 19 years at Tottenham before moving to Bayern in 2023, became the first Englishman since Michael Owen in 2001 to lift the accolade.

The 33-year-old won the German league and cup double for Bayern while also guiding his club to the Champions League semi-finals, where they lost to winners PSG .

Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or in London (AFP/Getty)

He then led his country to the last four of the World Cup, where they suffered a devastating loss to Argentina.…