{
  "id": 17354329,
  "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026: 'Shambles' - Gary Lineker slams organisers as Kane triumphs over Mbappé",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-2026-shambles-gary-lineker-slams-organisers-as-kane",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T05:42:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-2026-shambles-gary-lineker-slams-organisers-as-kane-triumph-over-mbappe-2/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Barcelona striker, Gary Lineker, has hit out at the organisers of the Ballon d'Or over this year's award ceremony, describing it as a \"shambles\". Lineker also revealed that Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé was barely acknowledged despite sitting in the front row during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London last Monday. Recall that Bayern Munich's […] Ballon d'Or 2026: 'Shambles' - Gary Lineker…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Pictures of the week: From the Ballon d'Or awards to the Arab Reading Challenge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/pictures-of-the-week-from-the-ballon-dor-awards-to-the-arab-reading",
        "published": "2026-10-30T18:02:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}