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  "id": 16207042,
  "title": "A Ballon d'Or campaign as fierce off the pitch as on it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/a-ballon-dor-campaign-as-fierce-off-the-pitch-as-on-it",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:06:38.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c65yng4x302jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ballon d'Or is football's greatest individual accolade - and the thirst to win it has grown in recent years.",
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        "published": "2026-10-23T13:30:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026: Hakimi, five other PSG players will miss ceremony in London",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ballon-dor-2026-hakimi-five-other-psg-players-will-miss-ceremony-in",
        "published": "2026-10-23T17:49:20.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Who are the best players never to win the Ballon d’Or?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/who-are-the-best-players-never-to-win-the-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-25T08:20:20.000Z"
      }
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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."
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