Why Bukayo Saka won the 2026 Socrates Award
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7-second readArsenal winger Bukayo Saka received the Socrates Award at the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony on Monday night, recognising his humanitarian work through the year.
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Arsenal weren’t big winners at the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday night, but Bukayo Saka was the one Gunner to receive an award. Saka was handed the Socrates Award for his humanitarian work in 2026, with plenty of reported examples of the winger’s efforts to help people.
The Ballon d’Or website notes Saka’s donation of over a thousand school uniforms to four schools in Ealing, and his donation of 100 pairs of football boots to participants at the Street Soccer Academy – an organisation aiming to tackle youth homelessness.
Arsenal highlight Saka’s work with Big Shoe, providing medical care and humanitarian aid for children and families in London and around the world, including emergency housing for families displaced by the earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco.
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