Harry Kane, Giulia Gwinn are Germany's players of the year

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Giulia Gwinn have won Germany’s player of the year awards for 2026.

Bayern's Vincent Kompany won the coach’s accolade, Kicker magazine announced Sunday, according to the results of its yearly polls of members of the Association of German Sports Journalists (VDS).

Kane scored 61 goals across all competitions, including the German Supercup for Bayern last season, helping the men's team defend its Bundesliga title and win the German Cup. He scored a hat trick in the cup final.

Kane also helped Bayern win the new season's German Supercup with a 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, though he didn't score in that game.

This time Gwinn doesn’t need to share it.

Last year, the 27-year-old Gwinn and Germany teammate Ann-Katrin Berger received the same number of votes for the award.

Kicker said Sunday that Gwinn received 106 votes to finish ahead of Bayern teammate Klara Bühl and Jule Brand of French champion OL Lyonnes.

Gwinn and Bühl helped Bayern to a Bundesliga and German Cup double for the second year in a row last season. Bayern’s Bundesliga title was its fourth straight and its fifth from six years as the Bavarian powerhouse’s women’s team proves as dominant as its men.

Bayern reached the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League last season.

The women’s player of the year award has been awarded since 1996. Three-time world player of the year Birgit Prinz, who played for FFC Frankfurt (now called Eintracht Frankfurt), won the award eight times between 2001-08.

Kane gathered more votes (272) than teammate Michael Olise (203), Kicker said.

Stuttgart forward Deniz Undav received 61 votes, followed by Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich (21) and Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann (14). There were three invalid votes.

Kompany received nearly half the votes for the coach’s award, more than Freiburg’s Julian Schuster, who won it last year.

Florian Wirtz won the men's player’s award last year.

The men's player of the year accolade has been awarded since 1960, with the coaches honored since 2002. Franz Beckenbauer leads the player category with four wins, while Jürgen Klopp and Felix Magath both won the coach’s award three times.

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FILE - Germany's Giulia Gwinn challenges for the ball during the international women's friendly soccer match between Germany and Australia in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

FILE - Germany's Giulia Gwinn celebrates after scoring during the women's bronze medal soccer match between Spain and Germany, at the Lyon stadium, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Decines, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Bayern's Harry Kane lifts the trophy after winning the Franz Beckenbauer German Supercup soccer match against Borussia Dortmund in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bayern's Harry Kane kicks the ball during the Franz Beckenbauer German Supercup soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Rain fell ahead of the start of Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix as Lando Norris aims for another Formula 1 win from pole position.

That could mean the first true wet race under the new-for-2026 regulations, shaking things up on a track where overtaking is difficult. Drivers were heading from the pit lane to the grid with intermediate or full wet-weather tires fitted.

Rain fell at the end of Saturday's sprint, though too late to affect the result.

McLaren's Norris found some unexpected extra pace in qualifying to snatch top spot ahead of the Mercedes pair of George Russell and standings leader Kimi Antonelli.

Despite some similarities to Hungary, where Norris won the last Grand Prix on July 26, it may not be plain sailing for the defending champion at the seaside Dutch circuit.

Norris was off the pace in Saturday's sprint race, where he started second but was third after losing out to Charles Leclerc. He said after qualifying he expected another difficult race.

“In low-speed (corners) we just really still struggle too much to be confident about everything. We definitely made a little bit of progress, but it’s still going to be on the trickier side of things tomorrow,” Norris said, adding that qualifying with “new tires, low fuel, it just seems to mask quite a few of our issues.”

Russell won Saturday's sprint at Zandvoort but Antonelli still increased his standings lead to 53 points despite placing fourth. That was because his closest challenger, Lewis Hamilton, could only manage seventh in the sprint. A troubled day continued for Hamilton as he qualified fifth for the Grand Prix.

Antonelli has a 56-point advantage over Russell, with gaps of 79 points to Leclerc and 90 to Norris.

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Frome the left, second-placed Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, first-placed McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain and third-placed Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy stand on the podium after the qualifying for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort , Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, left, atlks to McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain after the qualifying for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort , Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)