{
  "id": 2204918,
  "title": "Two years after Paris Olympics, Wembanyama returns as French national team captain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/two-years-after-paris-olympics-wembanyama-returns-as-french-national",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:06:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2026/08/20/two-years-after-paris-olympics-wembanyama-returns-as-french-national-team-captain_6756707_9.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Victor Wembanyama will play his first game with France since the national team's loss to the US in the 2024 Olympics final on Thursday, facing Serbia. The San Antonio Spurs center is taking on new responsibilities in a significantly revised squad.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Victor Wembanyama Named Captain of French National Team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/victor-wembanyama-named-captain-of-french-national-team",
        "published": "2026-08-20T15:27:01.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "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."
}