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  "id": 17354215,
  "title": "Ballon d’Or winner Harry Kane and the Irish team of England players that never was",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-winner-harry-kane-and-the-irish-team-of-england-players",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-31T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Irish Times",
    "slug": "the-irish-times",
    "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-winner-harry-kane-and-the-irish-team-of-england-players-that-never-was/"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "From former boys in green Declan Rice and Jack Grealish to superstars Jude Bellingham, Wayne Rooney and more",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2026 Ballon d'Or: Official voting numbers revealed after Kane beat Mbappe to award",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/2026-ballon-dor-official-voting-numbers-revealed-after-kane-beat",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:56:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "FC Barcelona’s Hansi Flick admits Harry Kane deserved Ballon d’Or, proud of Lamine Yamal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/fc-barcelonas-hansi-flick-admits-harry-kane-deserved-ballon-dor-proud",
        "published": "2026-10-31T02:30:00.000Z"
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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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