England captain and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has been crowned the 2026 Ballon d’Or winner, becoming the first Englishman to claim football’s most prestigious individual award since Michael Owen in 2001.

The 33-year-old received the golden ball at the London Palladium on Monday evening, capping an extraordinary 2025-26 campaign in which he scored an astonishing 73 goals across club and country. Kane also collected the Gerd Müller Trophy as the world’s top striker for the same prolific output.

Kane’s haul included 36 Bundesliga goals that powered Bayern to the league title, 14 in the Champions League, and 12 for England (including six at the World Cup, where the Three Lions finished third). He helped Bayern secure a domestic double with the DFB-Pokal as well.

The award makes Kane only the fifth English winner in Ballon d’Or history, following Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Bobby Charlton, Kevin Keegan and Owen. He is also the first Bayern Munich player to win it in 45 years.

Hearts of Oak recorded three consecutive wins in the Ghana Premier League at the expense of Basake Holy Stars at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium. 

The Ashanti derby saw AshGold and Kotoko share the spoils at the Obuasi Len Clay Sports Stadium.

Nana Kofi Babil’s lone goal was enough for Medeama SC to pick up all three points over Aduana Stars

Week 8 Results

• Hearts of Oak 1–0 Basake Holy Stars
  [Martin Kakari]
• AshantiGold 04 1–1 Asante Kotoko
  [Samuel Boateng Fosu – Patrick Asiedu]
• Bechem United 3–0 Debibi United
  Isaiah Nyarko, Kelvin Appiah (71’ and 80’)
• Berekum Chelsea 0–0 FC Samartex
  (Goalless draw)
• Bibiani Gold Stars 2–1 Heart of Lions
  [Kwame Opoku, Stephen Afoakwa – John Arthur]
• Dreams FC 1–3 Vision FC
  [Setsofia Agetey – Sherif Mohammed Iddrisu 2x, Ibrahim Larbi]
• Karela United 1–2 Port City FC
  [Owusu Ansah – Iddi Mahfuz 2x]
• Medeama SC 1–0 Aduana FC
  [Nana Kofi Babil]
• Young Apostles 1–2 Swedru All Blacks
• [Williams Dankwah – Godfred Yartey, Mumuni Illiasu]

Nana Kofi Babil’s 82nd-minute winner proved decisive in the Medeama SC-Aduana Stars clash.

Medeama, seeking a response after their first defeat of the season (a 2-1 loss to FC Samartex), pressed throughout. Babil finally broke the deadlock to secure all three points.

Both teams lined up their best arsenals, but the hosts dominated possession (56%) and created far more chances, 15 shots to 4, with 6 on target versus 1, while Aduana.

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The first half ended goalless.

The second half was a bit different to the first one, with the home team probing more for goal-scoring opportunities.

With eight minutes to end proceedings, Nana Babil reacted quickest to nod in the home team’s first goal, which proved to be the match winner.

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Medeama will travel to Kotoko, and Aduana will be at home to Berekum Chelsea.

Dreams FC lost the plot at home against Vision FC on Sunday afternoon at the Tuba AstroTurf.

A brace from Sherrif Iddrisu and Setsofia was enough to compound the misery of Dreams FC.

The away team raced to a three goals lead on the eleventh minute mark through Sherrif Iddrisu, Setsofia added the second eight minutes later with Sherrif sealing it.

Salifu scored a consolation on the 58th minute but it wasn’t enough as the win slipped away to the away team who has been on a six-game winless run.

Dreams would play away to Holy Stars as Vision await Port City in the next league games.