{
  "id": 10452889,
  "title": "2026 Ballon d’Or voting officially closed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/2026-ballon-dor-voting-officially-closed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:27:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/28/2026-ballon-dor-voting-officially-closed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2026 Ballon d’Or voting has officially closed, with a jury of journalists from the top 100 countries in FIFA rankings deciding the winner in the men’s category. Notable frontrunners include Lamine Yamal from Barcelona, Harry Kane from Bayern Munich, Kylian Mbappe from Real Madrid, and Rodri from Barcelona. For the women’s award, a jury of 50 journalists from the top 50 FIFA-ranked nations selected players such as Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw of Manchester City and Alexia Putellas, who recently moved from Barcelona to the London City Lionesses. The event will be held in London, UK, on October 26, and is anticipated to have a close voting outcome.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}