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Harry Kane is a Ballon d'Or winner. The Bayern Munich striker claimed the two thousand twenty six award with one thousand fifty five points, edging Kylian Mbappé by just twenty eight in one of the closest races in years. Lamine Yamal, Rodri, and Lionel Messi rounded out the top five. Kane's having a year nobody can argue with.
Shifting to the hardwood, Golden State pulled off something remarkable Friday night. Down twenty five points to the Lakers in the second quarter, with Luka Doncic carving them apart, the Warriors somehow flipped the script and won one hundred twelve to ninety five. That is a forty point swing. Stephen Curry and company refused to fold, and Doncic left Chase Center with nothing to show for a scorching start.
And in rugby, New Zealand's Kaipo Olsen-Baker was named women's world rugby player of the year after the Black Ferns swept France three tests to none, capping the series with a thirty six to seven dismantling in Christchurch. Olsen-Baker sat out the finale with an ankle injury but received a haka from her teammates on the field. A champion's welcome for a champion's season.
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