The Ballon d’Or awards ceremony is upon us once again with the world’s greatest footballer for 2026 set to be crowned tonight.
Usually held in Paris, the most prestigious and coveted individual honour in the sport will be handed out in London for the first time ever on Monday evening as France Football temporarily takes its glitzy show across the Channel.
That is to mark the 70th anniversary of the great Sir Stanley Matthews’ victory in the first ever Ballon d’Or race back in 1956 while playing for Blackpool, topping an illustrious shortlist that also included the likes of Alfredo Di Stefano,…
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