The 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony will take place in London tonight
\n\nThe 2026 Ballon d'Or will be awarded tonight (Monday, 26th October) in a grand ceremony, which will take place at the London Palladium in London. This year's award ceremony will also mark the 70th anniversary of football's most prestigious individual honour, as the first-ever Ballon d'Or was awarded in 1956.
\n\nThe 2026 award is perhaps the most open in recent history, with no clear-cut contender this time around and several top players in the world keeping hopes of securing the prize. While 2025 and 2024 winners Ousmane Dembele and Rodri are nominated, as is the most successful player in history, Lionel Messi, who has won it eight times, there are several players hoping to win it for the first time, like Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Rodri, and Michael Olise.
\n\nThe 2026 Ballon d'Or is taking place in London for the first time, in a move that marks a switch from tradition, when the ceremony is held in Paris, which is in France, where the French Magazine French Football, who conduct the ceremony hails from. Never before has the ceremony taken place outside France.
\n\nAlongside the men's Ballon…
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