{
  "id": 17312880,
  "title": "Mbappé missed out on the Ballon D’Or by 28 points",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/mbappe-missed-out-on-the-ballon-dor-by-28-points",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:31:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mbapp-missed-ballon-d-28-003106441.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kylian Mbappé narrowly missed out on the 2026 Ballon d’Or award by just 28 points. The French forward, playing for Real Madrid, earned 1,027 points, while Harry Kane of England claimed the trophy with 1,055 points. This marked the fourth-closest finish between the top two candidates in the award's history. Barcelona's Lamine Yamal secured third place with 881 points, while Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid placed 17th with 26 points, and Jude Bellingham of England finished 11th with 107 points. Mbappé's high ranking within his own team notwithstanding, he came up just short of the ultimate prize.",
  "summary": "He was agonizingly close",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Kane beat Mbappé by less than 41 points to win Ballon d’Or — Organisers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/kane-beat-mbappe-by-less-than-41-points-to-win-ballon-dor-organisers",
        "published": "2026-10-29T15:36:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}