{
  "id": 6292917,
  "title": "Ballon d’Or 2026: Only two African players make women’s top 30 nominees [FULL LIST]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/ballon-dor-2026-only-two-african-players-make-womens-top-30-nominees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T15:04:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/08/ballon-dor-2026-only-two-african-players-make-womens-top-30-nominees-full-list/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Only two African players were nominated for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or top 30 nominees on Tuesday. They are Zambia’s Barbra Banda and Malawi’s Temwa Chawinga. The two made the list follow their brilliant performances at the 2026 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, which was won by Cameroon in Morocco. Chawinga scored five goals […] Ballon d’Or 2026: Only two African players make women’s…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2026 Ballon d’Or: All 30 nominees for men’s, women’s award unveiled [FULL LIST]",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/2026-ballon-dor-all-30-nominees-for-mens-womens-award-unveiled-full",
        "published": "2026-09-08T16:49:20.000Z"
      }
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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."
}