Updated at\u00a018.28 EDT<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or shortlist<\/p>\n
Selma Bacha (OL Lyonnes and France)<\/p>\n
Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride and Zambia)<\/p>\n
Esmee Brugts (Barcelona and Netherlands)<\/p>\n
Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich and Germany)<\/p>\n
Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal and Spain)<\/p>\n
Scarlett Camberos (Club America and Mexico)<\/p>\n
Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current and Malawi)<\/p>\n
Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City and Netherlands)<\/p>\n
Cata Coll (Barcelona and Spain)<\/p>\n
Corventina Dumornay (OL Lyonnes and Haiti)<\/p>\n
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway)<\/p>\n
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City and England)<\/p>\n
Patri Guijarro (Barcelona and Spain)<\/p>\n
Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich and Denmark)<\/p>\n
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City and Japan)<\/p>\n
Rose Lavelle (FC Gotham and USA)<\/p>\n
Mapi Leon (Barcelona \/ London City and Spain)<\/p>\n
Lorena Leite (Kansas City Current and Brazil)<\/p>\n
Manaka Matsukobo (Chelsea and Japan)<\/p>\n
Melvine Malard (Manchester Utd \/ Chelsea and France)<\/p>\n
Ewa Pajor (Barcelona and Poland)<\/p>\n
Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City and Netherlands)<\/p>\n
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona\/London City Lionesses and Spain)<\/p>\n
Claudia Pina (Barcelona and Spain)<\/p>\n
Wendie Renard (OL Lyonnes and France)<\/p>\n
Alessia Russo (Arsenal and England)<\/p>\n
Momoko Tanikawa (Bayern Munich and Japan)<\/p>\n
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City and Jamaica)<\/p>\n
Tessa Wullaert (Como and Belgium)<\/p>\n
Caroline Weir (Real Madrid and Scotland)<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n The award is dedicated to Christophe Gleizes, a French journalist who travelled to Algeria to investigate the death of JS Kabylie player Albert Eboss\u00e9 in May 20-24, was arrested, and has been imprisoned ever since.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Out come the big pots, the gold football simple, elegant, and same as it ever was.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now for a piano interlude, the artist actually called Emilio Piano \u2013 a happy chance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Kane thanks his teammates and coaches; to score this amount of goals is a team effort, with those around him pushing him in training and matches. His family and team around him keep him humble and grounded; he and his wife Kate are in this together, everything they do is together and this wouldn\u2019t be possible without her.<\/p>\n Harry Kane thanks those involved in helping him win the Gerd Muller Trophy for the best striker. Photograph: Kin Cheung\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.27 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you do things in good faith and with a full heart, everything is worth it,\u201d Corral teaches us. That\u2019s a lovey sentiment, beautifully expressed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Men’s striker of the year is Harry Kane of Bayern Munich and England<\/p>\n He receives the biggest cheer of the evening so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Womens’ striker of the year is Charlyn Corral of Pachuca and Mexico<\/p>\n Being here fills her with pride and satisfaction.<\/p>\n Pachuca’s Charlyn Corral makes a speech after winning the women’s striker of the year award. Photograph: Matthew Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.24 EDT<\/p>\n Now Alan Shearer and Sophie Turner take to the stage to present the awards to the strikers of the year.<\/p>\n Kate asks Sophie who she\u2019d play and, when she says Chloe Kelly, she\u2019s asked to imitate her famous celebration, then Shearer is reminded by Thierry that he only won Premier League top scorer three times, not four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We also honour Jayden Adams, the South African who died tragically, aged 25, and the genius Franco Baresi. Sleep well, chaps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now it\u2019s time to remember Kevin Keegan, a one-off as a player and personality. Godspeed, old mate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now that you don\u2019t ask, the correct answer is Johan Cruyff. None of the others changed the game in the way that he did, and what we watch today is significantly because of him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s an at-home vote, it appears, for the Ballon d\u2019Or winner of all time, on the shortlist all those who\u2019ve won the award more than once.<\/p>\n Messi<\/p>\n Ronaldo<\/p>\n Platini<\/p>\n Cruyff<\/p>\n Van Basten<\/p>\n Beckenbauer<\/p>\n Ronaldo<\/p>\n Di Stefano<\/p>\n Keegan<\/p>\n Rummenigge<\/p>\n These results will be announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> double quotation markBarcelona look firmly on course to complete a clean sweep of the women\u2019s awards and it is no surprise, after their resounding 4-0 victory over OL Lyonnes in May\u2019s Champions League final. This year\u2019s rearranged WAFCON took place outside of the dates for the voting period for this year\u2019s award, so with that in mind, without a World Cup or Euros in the women\u2019s game in 2026, all of the focus was likely to be on the Champions League, where the Spanish champions reigned supreme. Alexia Putellas \u2013 the favourite for the main prize \u2013 may be a London City Lionesses player now but, if she wins, it will be celebrated by Barcelona. She was back to her best with seven assists and seven goals from midfield in last season\u2019s Champions League campaign. The idea of her taking the trophy to Ditton in Kent, where her current team train, is still a bit hard to get your head around.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Asked if he had any doubts about winning consecutive Champions Leagues, he says the season is long \u2013 even if he has plenty of it off, he doesn\u2019t add \u2013 saying Bayern were very good and they played an amazing final against Arsenal. This season, there are amazing teams playing, and we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n He thanks the club, staff and Luis Enrique, cut to Mbappe, who\u2019s missing all the glory. They\u2019ve created an incredible club and always fight together, side by side, whole trying to bring joy and pleasure to all who watch the matches, supporters and not.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Men’s club of the year is … Paris Saint-Germain for the second year in a row<\/p>\n Ousmane Dembele will collect the award.<\/p>\n Ousmane Dembele clutches Paris St Germain\u2019s trophy. Photograph: Matthew Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.11 EDT<\/p>\n We\u2019re back for the men\u2019s club of the year\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s time for another break.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, is very happy. He feels Barcelona men are candidates to win the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n A beaming Joan Laporta gives his speech. Photograph: Kin Cheung\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.06 EDT<\/p>\n Women’s club of the year is … Barcelona for the third time in four years<\/p>\n Yes, this is football, but I\u2019m not sure anyone can argue with that one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.53 EDT<\/p>\n Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell will present, so spend time praising each other; Wenger\u2019s favourites were Henry and Bergkamp, while Vieira would turn up at training barely able to walk, then charge about the pitch as he did.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Men\u2019s Club of the Year nominees<\/p>\n Arsenal<\/p>\n Bayern Munich<\/p>\n Bodo\/Glimt<\/p>\n Flamengo<\/p>\n PSG<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Club of the Year nominees<\/p>\n FC Barcelona<\/p>\n Bayern Munich<\/p>\n Club America<\/p>\n Manchester City<\/p>\n OL Lyonnes<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.51 EDT<\/p>\n Saka reads a letter from Biren Giroe, a boy in Rwanda who was losing his sight, struggling to read the blackboard and play with his friends. Big Shoe has restored his sight and, just as many people in the auditorium are realising their dreams, now he can do the same and achieve his ambition of becoming an English teacher. I fear my eyeballs may be sweating.<\/p>\n Photograph: Kin Cheung\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.04 EDT<\/p>\n The winner of the Socrates award for social action and humanitarianism is Bukayo Saka for his Big Shoe charity<\/p>\n Well done sir.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.46 EDT<\/p>\n He says Henry was one of his football heroes and that he\u2019s opened a football academy in Nigeria and hopes one day he\u2019ll be back to see one of his people getting an award,<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Time for the Socrates award, dedicated to the memory of the Brazilian hero on account of his social action. It\u2019s going to be presented by \u2026 Burna Boy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBest-ever goalie was binman Nev, absolutely stunning player,\u201d writes Dave Penfold. \u2018I used to work with the ex-national goalie for Norway, and he had videos of Southall to study. I will not be taking questions on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n The best keeper of my childhood, by a distance, but Schmeichel took it on \u2013 in mine.<\/p>\n![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Tom_Garry.png\")
Tom Garry<\/p>\n