{
  "id": 9307802,
  "title": "Ballon d’Or 2026: Ex-Liverpool midfielder names big favourite to win award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ballon-dor-2026-ex-liverpool-midfielder-names-big-favourite-to-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:36:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/23/ballon-dor-2026-ex-liverpool-midfielder-names-big-favourite-to-win-award/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Liverpool midfielder, Vladimír Šmicer, has named Bayern Munich striker, Harry Kane as the big favourite to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or ahead of Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal. Šmicer believes Kane deserves to win the Ballon d’Or the most because of all he has done in his career so far. “I […] Ballon d’Or 2026: Ex-Liverpool midfielder names big favourite to win award",
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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."
}