Overview

• Ousmane Dembélé captured the men’s Ballon d’Or after leading PSG’s treble and Champions League triumph, with Lamine Yamal second, Vitinha third and Mohamed Salah fourth.
• Lamine Yamal became the first two-time Kopa Trophy winner for best U21 male player, adding to a season that powered Barcelona’s domestic treble.
• Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, denounced the result as “moral damage” and called the outcome “very strange,” intensifying the post-ceremony dispute.
• France Football editor Vincent Garcia said Dembélé won by a wide margin and said the full voting breakdown will be published this weekend.
• Neymar criticized Raphinha’s fifth-place finish as “too much of a joke,” while Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé publicly congratulated Dembélé; Aitana Bonmatí secured a third consecutive women’s award.