{
  "id": 14165652,
  "title": "The Ballon d’Or doesn’t capture football’s wonder – Michael Olise is proof | Zito Madu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-ballon-dor-doesnt-capture-footballs-wonder-michael-olise-is-proof",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/13/michael-olise-ballon-dor-france-belgium"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "France’s always-cool winger has crowds hanging on his every move – adulation that means more than any title could When I was younger, I wanted to be the captain on my football team because back then, I assumed that the armband was given to the best player. It was a goal of mine for so long that, even as my youth teams won tournaments and trophies, and I won top scorer and best player awards, I…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}