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Kane and Putellas Win Top Football Awards

The Ballon d'Or prizes were given in London.

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Read and understand · 1/2Who won the women’s Ballon d’Or?

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Alexia Putellas. The first paragraph names Putellas as the women’s award winner.

Clue: Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas have won this year's Ballon d'Or awards. The prizes are for football players. Kane won the men's award, and Putellas won the women's award.

Read and understand · 2/2Where did the ceremony take place?

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London. The ceremony took place in London on October 26.

Clue: The ceremony took place in London on October 26. Kane plays for Bayern Munich and England. Putellas plays for Spain and moved from Barcelona to London City Lionesses.

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Harry Kane won the men’s award and Alexia Putellas won the women’s award.

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