SHOWTV FOOTBALL: Ballon d'Or 2026 Today Monday Oct 26 – Ceremony 8PM London 9PM Nigeria – 3 Nominations – 【entity-Harry Kane¦canonical_name=Harry Kane】 73 Goals, 【entity-Mbappe¦canonical_name=Kylian Mbappé】 58 Goals, 【entity-Yamal¦canonical_name=Lamine Yamal】 25 Goals

DATE: Today Monday, October 26, 2026

TIME: 8:00 PM GMT London – 9:00 PM WAT Nigeria – 3:00 PM ET USA

VENUE: London Palladium Theatre, London – First time outside Paris – To honour Sir Stanley Matthews

WINNER PRESS CONFERENCE: 10:30 PM London – 11:30 PM WAT

Ballon d'Or 2026 go happen today Monday Oct 26 2026 for London.

Voting na for performances from August 1 2025 to July 31 2026 – 30 players nominated – 3 leading contenders:

1. HARRY KANE – ENGLAND / BAYERN MUNICH – 33 YEARS – FAVOURITE

• 73 goals for club and country in 2025/26 – 61 goals in 51 games for Bayern + 12 goals for England = 73 goals in 65 games • 74+ goals in calendar 2026 – As reported by SportBible – You correct – E pass 74 for calendar year • 36 Bundesliga goals – European Golden Shoe – 14 Champions League goals – 6 World Cup goals – 8 assists – 81 contributions • Trophies: Bundesliga + DFB Pokal + German Super Cup – England World Cup semi-final 

2. KYLIAN MBAPPE – FRANCE / REAL MADRID – 27 YEARS

• 58 goals + 14 assists in 2025/26 – 59 goals for Real Madrid in calendar 2025 – Equals Cristiano Ronaldo record (59 in 2013) • El Clasico brace Sunday Oct 25 – Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 – 100th goal for Real 

3. LAMINE YAMAL – SPAIN / BARCELONA – 19 YEARS

• 25 goals + 20 assists in 57 appearances in 2025/26 – 16 goals in La Liga • Trophies: La Liga + Spanish Super Cup – Spain World Cup winner 2026 • Runner-up 2025 behind Dembele 

LEAK NOTE – CHECKED:

Ballon d'Or website had articles for all three – Kane, Mbappe, Yamal – All titled as winner – USA Today confirm – So no leak confirm – Official winner go announce tonight at 8PM London / 9PM Nigeria.

SHOWTV go update winner tonight after 9PM WAT.