{
  "id": 16725050,
  "title": "Forget the Ballon d'Or, Bukayo Saka won the biggest award of the night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/forget-the-ballon-dor-bukayo-saka-won-the-biggest-award-of-the-night",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T07:52:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/forget-the-ballon-dor-bukayo-saka-won-the-biggest-award-of-the-night-1.500725157"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bukayo Saka wins the award that celebrates football beyond trophies For me, Bukayo Saka won one of the most meaningful awards of the night at the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony in London. The Arsenal and England star received the Socrates Award, recognising his incredible humanitarian work. Now, I am not saying the Ballon d'Or or any of the other awards are less meaningful. They recognise years of…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026: Five players shockingly omitted from award list",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ballon-dor-2026-five-players-shockingly-omitted-from-award-list",
        "published": "2026-10-26T16:49:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "2026 Ballon d’Or: Full list of rankings as Harry Kane beats Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal to prestigious award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/2026-ballon-dor-full-list-of-rankings-as-harry-kane-beats-kylian",
        "published": "2026-10-27T05:17:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}