{"id":990893,"date":"2026-05-28T21:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990893\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:15:53","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:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990893\/","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>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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Ballon d\u2019Or\u00a0<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The London event marks the third year of the strategic partnership between UEFA and Group Amaury, the owners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":990894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[65583,199,1062,748,3019,393,4884,77436,140607,7325,7068,257,138891,6544,16,15],"class_list":["post-990893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-ballon-dor","tag-barcelona","tag-bayern-munich","tag-britain","tag-bundesliga","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-h-kane","tag-l-yamal","tag-laliga","tag-ligue-1","tag-london","tag-o-dembele","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116654282301796470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}