Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d'Or ahead of Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal - ESPN
Harry Kane has become the first Englishman in 25 years to win the Ballon d'Or, beating Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal to claim football's most prestigious individual award.
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Ballon d'Or site names Kane, Yamal and Mbappé as winners in blunder - ESPN
The official Ballon d'Or website mistakenly published articles naming three different players as winners of the 2026 men's award, hours before Monday's ceremony in London.
Kitigan Zibi athletes honoured at national gala for contributions to sport
Whether it was minus 20 or a hot sunny day in Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg, Mercedes "Gogo" Côté would spend her childhood running to school — the start of her already-storied sports career.
Americans Claire Pease, Reese Esponda finish 1-2 in floor exercise at gymnastics worlds
Claire Pease and Reese Esponda gave the Americans a golden sendoff at the world gymnastics championships, going one-two in the floor exercise on Sunday, the final day of competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mbappé scores 100th goal for Madrid in dramatic Clásico win - ESPN
Kylian Mbappé scored his 100th goal for Real Madrid to give his side a dramatic 2-1 Clásico win over Barcelona on Sunday.
NFL execs, coaches rank the top five MVP candidates for 2026 - ESPN
We're already one game into Week 7. And with more than a third of the 2026 NFL regular season officially behind us, it's time to start taking the temperature of the MVP race. Which players are making a memorable impact with their play?
Age no barrier to current blossoming of Irish women’s marathon runners
When Ava Crean crossed the finish line as the first Irish woman in last year’s Dublin Marathon, with her time of 2:34:12 good enough for sixth-best woman overall and some nine minutes faster than she’d run before, she straight away became a sort of outlier of her generation.