{"id":222,"date":"2026-05-28T17:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=222"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:35:54","slug":"the-ballon-dor-moves-to-england-uefa-confirms-ceremony-will-be-held-in-london-for-first-time-as-harry-kane-lamine-yamal-look-to-dethrone-ousmane-dembele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"The Ballon d&#8217;Or moves to England! UEFA confirms ceremony will be held in London for first time as Harry Kane &#038; Lamine Yamal look to dethrone Ousmane Dembele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"B\">\n<div>\n<p>The London event marks the third year of the strategic partnership between UEFA and Group Amaury, the owners of France Football and L&#8217;Equipe. Since 2024, the two organisations have worked together to co-organise the gala, ensuring it remains the undisputed benchmark for individual excellence in world football. The upcoming edition is expected to be the most-watched in history given the high-profile nature of the London hosting duties.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers added that: &#8220;By staging its 70th edition in the capital of England and the United Kingdom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/khvicha-kvaratskhelia-champions-league-mvp-psg--ballon-dor-favourites-missing-world-cup\/blt89d28bf4d3510733\" target=\"_blank\">the Ballon d\u2019Or <\/a>continues its expansion and further strengthens its status as a globally prestigious brand.&#8221; This expansion is part of a broader tactical move to rotate the ceremony through football&#8217;s major hubs, rewarding different fanbases across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London event marks the third year of the strategic partnership between UEFA and Group Amaury, the owners of France&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}