{"id":641739,"date":"2026-10-26T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:32:12","slug":"world-footballs-biggest-individual-awards-to-be-streamed-free-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641739\/","title":{"rendered":"World football&#8217;s biggest individual awards to be streamed free in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">New Zealand football fans can watch the 2026 Ballon d\u2019Or awards ceremony live and free when the winners are announced in London.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming platform DAZN will broadcast the ceremony from the London Palladium, starting at 9am (NZT) on Tuesday October 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can watch\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-NZ\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DAZN<\/a> by registering for a free account or signing in to\u00a0an existing account. No paid subscription is required.<\/p>\n<p>The 70th anniversary awards recognise the world\u2019s leading footballers, judged on individual performances, team achievements and conduct throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>Established by French magazine France Football in 1956, the Ballon d\u2019Or has become football\u2019s most recognised individual honour.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s men\u2019s nominees include England captain Harry Kane, Spain\u2019s Lamine Yamal, France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland.<\/p>\n<p>Other contenders include Jude Bellingham, Lionel Messi, Declan Rice, Michael Olise and defending champion Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s shortlist features England\u2019s Alessia Russo, Spain\u2019s Alexia Putellas, Poland\u2019s Ewa Pajor, Haiti\u2019s Melchie Dumornay and Zambia\u2019s Barbra Banda.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s award will have a new winner after Spain\u2019s Aitana Bonmat\u00ed, who won three consecutive titles, missed this year\u2019s shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Past men\u2019s winners include Messi, who holds the record with eight awards, Cristiano Ronaldo (five), Michel Platini (three) and Johan Cruyff (three).<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s award, introduced in 2018, has previously been won by Ada Hegerberg, Megan Rapinoe and Putellas.<\/p>\n<p>The London ceremony will be hosted by former France international Thierry Henry and broadcaster Kate Scott.<\/p>\n<p>DAZN chief executive Shay Segev said the platform was delighted to make the ceremony available free to fans in 200 markets worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s presentation marks the first time the awards have been staged outside France, honouring inaugural winner Stanley Matthews.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch<\/p>\n<p>Event to take place on Tuesday October 27, 2026 (NZT)<\/p>\n<p>Ballon d\u2019Or awards<br \/>London Palladium, United Kingdom, 9am (NZT)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-NZ\/fixture\/ContentId:ae9mnkyhm6tf1p2nojqi4xcpg\/ae9mnkyhm6tf1p2nojqi4xcpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793014332_281_DAZN-stream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"27\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was first published on October 26, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More football stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand football fans can watch the 2026 Ballon d\u2019Or awards ceremony live and free when the winners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[314687,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-641739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-ballon-dor","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}