Afirka na iya ci gaba da jiran ganin wani ɗan wasanta ya lashe kyautar Ballon d’Or, bayan da aka bayyana jerin ’yan takarar kyautar ta shekarar 2026.
Kyaftin ɗin Morocco, Achraf Hakimi, da ɗan wasan gaban Senegal, Sadio Mané, su ne ’yan wasa biyu daga Afirka da aka saka cikin jerin ’yan wasa 30 da ke neman lashe kyautar bana.
Sai dai tarihin ’yan wasan Afirka a wannan kyauta bai yi nisa ba, domin ɗan wasan Liberia George Weah ne kaɗai daga nahiyar da ya taɓa lashe Ballon d’Or. Ya samu kyautar a shekarar 1995.
Hakimi ya kasance cikin ’yan wasa shida na farko a jerin Ballon d’Or na shekarar da ta gabata, yayin da Mané ma ya taɓa kasancewa cikin manyan ’yan wasan da suka yi fice a gasar.
A bana, gasar ta ƙara yin zafi saboda yawan manyan ’yan wasan da ke cikin jerin, ciki har da Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi da Lamine Yamal.
An shirya gudanar da bikin bayar da kyautar Ballon d’Or na 2026 a birnin London a ranar 26 ga Oktoba.
Duk da kasancewar Hakimi da Mané cikin jerin ’yan takarar, damar Afirka na samun zakara na biyu bayan Weah na fuskantar babban ƙalubale saboda irin gasa mai ƙarfi da ke tsakaninsu da sauran manyan taurarin ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya.