Ballon d'Or: official website announces three winners by mistake
The Ballon d'Or official website mistakenly published articles announcing Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane as winners, before removing them, according to several media outlets.
The official Ballon d'Or website announced Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane as winners of the trophy before withdrawing these posts. The organisation acknowledged an error and clarified that this was not the final result, as reported notably by Metrópoles.
An error attributed to profiles prepared in advance
According to the organisation, cited by Metrópoles, the texts had been prepared for all the nominees, and their publication revealed nothing about the verdict. Brazilian media outlet Globo refers to a "gafe" by France Football, while Terra and Bola na Rede also describe an incident that occurred this Monday, 26 October. Record, for its part, speaks of a "bronca" surrounding the appearance of these three names on the site.
Contradictory announcements quickly withdrawn
The three articles, published successively, each named a different winner. This internal contradiction reinforced the hypothesis of a technical mishap rather than a deliberate leak. France Football did not publicly comment on this incident in the available excerpts, leaving the organisation to clarify the situation.
Awaiting the ceremony
The trophy presentation ceremony is scheduled to take place in a setting not specified in the file. The three players mentioned are among the nominees, but no name has been officially confirmed at this stage. The website corrected its mistake without providing further explanations, and observers are now waiting for the official announcement to find out the real winner.
