# Arise, Sir Harry? No 10 hints at knighthood for England captain after Ballon d’Or win

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/arise-sir-harry-no-10-hints-at-knighthood-for-england-captain-after-ballon-dor-win/
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:40:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T04:51:32+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/harry-kane-no-10-knighthood-ballon-dor-b3074166.html
- Topics: Americas, Football, Politics, Sport, UK, World

## Key points

- Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or.
- He is the first English winner in 25 years.
- No 10 praised him but did not predict an honour.

## Summary

Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or, becoming the first Englishman in 25 years to receive football’s most prestigious individual award. Downing Street praised his achievement and suggested he had given a great deal to English football, while declining to speculate on whether he would be knighted.

The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker scored 73 goals for club and country in the 2025-26 season, won two trophies with Bayern and helped England finish third at the World Cup. He beat Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal to the award at a London ceremony, where he said he hoped to win it again next year; the last English winner was Michael Owen, in 2001.

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