{
  "id": 2116452,
  "title": "Vieira appointed Senegal head coach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/vieira-appointed-senegal-head-coach",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:01:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/vieira-appointed-senegal-head-coach/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senegal hired Patrick Vieira as its new coach on Tuesday to replace Pape Thiaw, who was fired after the team was eliminated from the World Cup in the round of 32. Senegal announced the news in a post on Instagram, without giving any details of the length of the 50-year-old Vieira’s contract. Vieira won the … The post Vieira appointed Senegal head coach appeared first on Ghanaian Times .",
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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."
}