{
  "id": 9411556,
  "title": "Ballon d’Or 2026: Yassin Nfaoui snubs Mbappe, names top favourite to win award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ballon-dor-2026-yassin-nfaoui-snubs-mbappe-names-top-favourite-to-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T21:03:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/23/ballon-dor-2026-yassin-nfaoui-snubs-mbappe-names-top-favourite-to-win-award/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prominent French sports journalist Yassin Nfaoui has turned his back on France captain Kylian Mbappe and declared Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal as the top favourite to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or. Mbappe is among the 30 players shortlisted for the prestigious award, which will be announced next month in England. According to Nfaoui, Yamal, who has been impressive for Barcelona over the past couple of years, is the frontrunner for the award. The 19-year-old has won back-to-back LaLiga titles with the Catalan club and also claimed the 2024 Euro and the 2026 FIFA World Cup with Spain.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}