{
  "id": 17409868,
  "title": "2026 Ballon d'Or: Players who Nigeria voted to win award revealed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/2026-ballon-dor-players-who-nigeria-voted-to-win-award-revealed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T12:19:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/31/2026-ballon-dor-players-that-nigeria-voted-to-win-award-revealed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria’s representative in the 2026 Men’s Ballon d’Or voting ranked Manchester City's Rodri as the best player in the world. This was revealed in the voting breakdown released by France Football on Friday. Nigeria was among 10 countries whose journalists placed Rodri first in their ballots. The other countries were the United States, Guatemala, South […] 2026 Ballon d'Or: Players who Nigeria…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Ballon d’Or: Nigeria’s voter picked Rodri over Kane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-nigerias-voter-picked-rodri-over-kane",
        "published": "2026-10-31T11:54:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}