Football: Who will win the 2026 Ballon d'Or?
The competition for this year's Ballon d'Or is tougher than ever. Who will succeed Ousmane Dembélé? Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal and Harry Kane lead a star-studded field. FRANCE 24's Emily Boyle has more.
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The competition for this year's Ballon d'Or is tougher than ever. Who will succeed Ousmane Dembélé? Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal and Harry Kane lead a star-studded field. FRANCE 24's Emily Boyle has more.
French forward Kylian Mbappé, England captain Harry Kane and Spain's Lamine Yamal are among the favourites to be crowned the 2026 Ballon d'Or winner at a ceremony to be hosted Monday for the first time in England in recognition of the first winner Stanley Matthews.
Real Madrid defeated FC Barcelona in La Liga (2-1) thanks to a brace by Kylian Mbappé, as the title race gets tighter.
Zinédine Zidane oversaw a 1-0 victory in Turkey in his first match in charge of Les Bleus, with Kylian Mbappé scoring the only goal of the game in the second half. The France captain went off injured soon after and will miss the team's next three Nations League fixtures.
The Blues won against Turkey in Izmit, with a goal from Kylian Mbappé. The captain also injured his knee and will be absent from other League of Nations meetings in the coming weeks.
Zinedine Zidane was eagerly awaited for her first match as a team player in France and started with a victory. The Blues won 1-0 in Turkey thanks to a goal by Kylian Mbappé, released shortly afterwards on injury to the knee.
After an initial training session with just 12 players, Zinédine Zidane had a full squad at his disposal on Tuesday. The manager could revert to a 4-3-3 formation, with Kylian Mbappé on the left and Ousmane Dembélé as striker.
After a first training with only 12 players, Zinedine Zidane had a full band on Tuesday. The breeder could return to a 4-3-3 system, with Kylian Mbappé on the left and Ousmane Dembélé on the left.
In Madrid, Kylian Mbappé delivered an exclusive interview to RFI. The Frenchman, launched in the Ballon d'Or race, claims his soul as a competitor, assumes his shock statements, pays tribute to Didier Deschamps, plans with Zinedine Zidane. The details of Olivier Pron, a journalist with the sports department at RFI.
The best attacker in the history of the Blues and contending with the Golden Balloon 2026 Kylian Mbappé granted an interview to our RFI colleagues. A few days away from several matches in the League of Nations, he gave himself a long time, including his report to Africa.
Soccer Champion Kylian Mbappé said he was ready for "change" after ending his association with Nike and entering a deal with Swiss sportswear brand On.
Mbappe had been signed with Nike for roughly two decades, and his agreement with On is the first it has made with a soccer player.
Zinédine Zidane will present this Friday, September 18 at 6:00 p.m., the list of players who will be playing League of Nations matches in the next two weeks. First meeting on September 25 against Turkey where Kylian Mbappé's Blues, semi-finalists of the last World Championship, will start a new cycle with the nickname Zizou at their head, whose first release as a breeder will be highly screened.
The Swiss brand We announced on Friday that we had signed a contract with the captain of the French football team Kylian Mbappé, for an unknown amount. He had been involved with the American brand Nike since the beginning of his career.
France captain Kylian Mbappé has signed with Swiss sportswear brand On, ending a partnership with Nike that began at the start of his career. The deal marks On’s entry into football, with the company also appointing France and Arsenal great Thierry Henry as its football director.
The French head of Real Madrid, Killian Mbappé, is facing ever more intense criticism by conservative and extreme right-wing Spanish and French politicians for partially hiding a T-shirt in support of the residents of Ceuta, a Spanish territory bordering Morocco that is in the midst of a migration crisis. Mbappé said he was wearing his T-shirt to show his solidarity with "all the immigrants who have lost their lives."