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  "id": 17424987,
  "title": "Kane beat Mbappe to Ballon d'Or by just 28 points",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/kane-beat-mbappe-to-ballon-dor-by-just-28-points-17424987",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-31T15:21:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport",
    "slug": "bbc-sport",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6073yeg52xeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Voting figures show Harry Kane beat second-placed Kylian Mbappe to the men's Ballon d'Or by one of the tightest winning margins in the award's history.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Irish Times",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-31T06:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}