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  "id": 16667969,
  "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026: Lamine Yamal wins third consecutive Men’s Young Talent of the Year award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ballon-dor-2026-lamine-yamal-wins-third-consecutive-mens-young-talent",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T21:23:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
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    "url": "https://3news.com/sports/ballon-dor-2026-lamine-yamal-wins-third-consecutive-mens-young-talent-of-the-year-award"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barcelona and Spain forward Lamine Yamal has won the 2026 Men’s Young Talent of the Year award, completing a historic hat-trick after also claiming the honour in 2024 and 2025.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Spain star Alexia Putellas wins her third women's Ballon d'Or award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/spain-star-alexia-putellas-wins-her-third-womens-ballon-dor-award",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:34:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "London City's Putellas wins record-equalling third Ballon d'Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/london-citys-putellas-wins-record-equalling-third-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:35:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ballon d’or 2026: Harry Kane wins ahead of Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal; first Englishman in 25 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ballon-dor-2026-harry-kane-wins-ahead-of-kylian-mbappe-lamine-yamal",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:12:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Putellas wins third Women’s Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/putellas-wins-third-womens-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:16:51.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}