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10/26 16:15 CDT Ballon d'Or 'winners' published by mistake hours before men's
award
Ballon d'Or 'winners' published by mistake hours before men's award
LONDON (AP) --- Call it an own goal.
Organizers of the Ballon d'Or event mistakenly published multiple "winners" of
the men's award on its website Monday hours before the ceremony.
One announcement read, in part, "Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d'Or" --- and
similar articles described Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbapp also winning.
It turned out the organizer France Football had prepared many announcements ---
to be ready for when the winner is announced --- but they were accidentally
posted well ahead of the gala at The London Palladium.
"Some profiles of nominees prepared by BallonDor.com were inadvertently
published online," the organizer said in a statement to the BBC.
"These articles had been prepared for all nominees and should in no way be
considered as an indication of the final results or rankings."
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