{
  "id": 17431308,
  "title": "Ballon d'Or 2026: African countries that voted for Kane, Mbappe, Yamal revealed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-2026-african-countries-that-voted-for-kane-mbappe-yamal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T15:34:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/31/ballon-dor-2026-african-countries-who-voted-for-kane-mbappe-yamal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "France Football, the organisers of the Ballon d’Or, have revealed which African countries voted for Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane, Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal. During the 2026 Ballon d’Or voting, journalists from eligible African countries split their first-place votes among the award’s leading contenders. Recall that Kane beat Mbappe and Lamine to […] Ballon d'Or 2026:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}