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  "title": "2026 Ballon d’Or: Mourinho names Real Madrid player that deserves award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/2026-ballon-dor-mourinho-names-real-madrid-player-that-deserves-award",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T05:09:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/30/2026-ballon-dor-mourinho-names-real-madrid-player-that-deserves-award/"
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  "summary": "Real Madrid manager, Jose Mourinho, has claimed that Kylian Mbappe deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or. Mourinho, speaking ahead of Sunday’s LaLiga fixture against Malaga, also boasted that he had the best players in the world in his squad. “The best players in the world, there are two, three or four of them, and we […] 2026 Ballon d’Or: Mourinho names Real Madrid player that deserves award",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Mourinho says Mbappe worthy of Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/mourinho-says-mbappe-worthy-of-ballon-dor-4202338",
        "published": "2026-08-29T12:55:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘If politics gets involved, I do not like that’: Jose Mourinho on Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/if-politics-gets-involved-i-do-not-like-that-jose-mourinho-on-ballon",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:09:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Mourinho says Mbappe worthy of Ballon d'Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/mourinho-says-mbappe-worthy-of-ballon-dor",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:14:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Mourinho says Mbappe worthy of Ballon d’Or",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/mourinho-says-mbappe-worthy-of-ballon-dor-4224752",
        "published": "2026-08-29T14:45:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Mourinho questions Ballon d’Or criteria, says trophies shouldn’t decide winner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/mourinho-questions-ballon-dor-criteria-says-trophies-shouldnt-decide",
        "published": "2026-08-29T15:08:16.000Z"
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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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