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  "id": 16655849,
  "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026 live updates: Winners, rankings, final awards results as Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe battle it out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ballon-dor-2026-live-updates-winners-rankings-final-awards-results-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T20:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ballon-dor-2026-live-updates-140001627.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ballon d'Or 2026 live updates reveal Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe in the running for the prestigious award. The ceremony, held at the Palladium Theatre in London, will see France Football unveil the winner of the men's and women's categories, along with several other esteemed awards. The event, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or, will be hosted by Kate Scott and Thierry Henry. The first winner of the award, Stanley Matthews, will have his contribution honored during the ceremony.",
  "summary": "After a whole year of goals, trophies, speculation, and celebration, the time to learn the winner of the 2026 Ballon d'Or has finally arrived.",
  "key_points": [
    "Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal, and Kylian Mbappe in the running for Ballon d'Or 2026",
    "Ceremony held at Palladium Theatre in London, 70th anniversary of the award",
    "Kate Scott and Thierry Henry to host the event"
  ],
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "De la Fuente wins men’s Ballon d’Or coach of year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/de-la-fuente-wins-mens-ballon-dor-coach-of-year-16671226",
        "published": "2026-10-26T21:58:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "De la Fuente wins men's Ballon d'Or coach of year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/de-la-fuente-wins-mens-ballon-dor-coach-of-year",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:07:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "2026 Ballon d’Or: Yamal wins Young Talent award for third straight year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/2026-ballon-dor-yamal-wins-young-talent-award-for-third-straight-year",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:14:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/harry-kane-wins-2026-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:54:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Colombia One",
        "title": "Harry Kane Wins the 2026 Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/harry-kane-wins-the-2026-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:10:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d'Or, ends England's 25-year wait",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/harry-kane-wins-2026-ballon-dor-ends-englands-25-year-wait",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:12:08.000Z"
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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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