Ballon d'Or 2026: 'Shambles' - Gary Lineker slams organisers as Kane triumphs over Mbappé
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Key context: <img width="1200" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker.jpg 1200w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-400x240.jpg 400w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Gary-Lineker-1024x614.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p>Former Barcelona striker, Gary Lineker, has hit out at the organisers of the Ballon d'Or over this year's award ceremony, describing it as a "shambles". Lineker also revealed that Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé was barely acknowledged despite sitting in the front row during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London last Monday. Recall that Bayern Munich's […]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-2026-shambles-gary-lineker-slams-organisers-as-kane-triumph-over-mbappe-2/">Ballon d'Or 2026: 'Shambles' - Gary Lineker slams organisers as Kane triumphs over Mbappé</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Former Barcelona striker, Gary Lineker, has hit out at the organisers of the Ballon d'Or over this year's award ceremony, describing it as a "shambles". Lineker also revealed that Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé was barely acknowledged despite sitting in the front row during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London last Monday. Recall that Bayern Munich's […] Ballon d'Or 2026: 'Shambles' - Gary Lineker slams organisers as Kane triumphs over Mbappé
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