{"id":933,"date":"2026-10-27T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=933"},"modified":"2026-10-27T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:41:18","slug":"harry-kane-makes-history-after-winning-2026-mens-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=933","title":{"rendered":"Harry Kane Makes History After Winning 2026 Men&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621-1024x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621-1024x885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621-767x663.jpg 767w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621-1023x884.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261027_113621.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England captain and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has won the 2026 Men&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or, becoming the first English player to claim the prestigious football award in 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 33-year-old forward received the award on Monday, October 26, 2026, during a ceremony held at the London Palladium Theatre in England, following an outstanding season for club and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kane scored an impressive 73 goals in 65 appearances for Bayern Munich and England during the 2025\/26 season, helping him secure one of football&#8217;s biggest individual honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarkable performance helped Bayern Munich win the German Bundesliga and domestic cup, while England finished third at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kane beat Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who finished second, and Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal, who came third in the final rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Tottenham Hotspur striker becomes the first Englishman to win the award since Michael Owen in 2001, ending England&#8217;s 25-year wait for another winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kane also received the Gerd M\u00fcller Trophy for Men&#8217;s Striker of the Year, recognising his outstanding goalscoring performance throughout the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory marks a major milestone in Kane&#8217;s football career, adding another achievement to his growing list of honours as one of the world&#8217;s leading strikers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege England captain and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has won the 2026&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}