{
  "id": 2407595,
  "title": "Bolt registers to play for Manchester Sunday league team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/bolt-registers-to-play-for-manchester-sunday-league-team",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T17:14:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport Football",
    "slug": "bbc-sport-football",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2reg3de87o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Renowned sprinter Usain Bolt has signed up to play for a Manchester veterans Sunday league football team. The Jamaican, 40, registered with Wythenshawe Vets FC, a team in the Premier Division of the Cheshire Veterans Football League. Wythenshawe, based in south Manchester, has previously drawn attention for its squad of former Premier League players. This year's roster includes former pros like Emile Heskey, Oumar Niasse, Antonio Valencia, Papiss Cisse, Stephen Ireland, Nedum Onuoha, and Premier League champions Joleon Lescott and Danny Drinkwater. Bolt, the fastest man in history over 100m and 200m, retired from athletics in 2017 to pursue a professional football career. He scored twice for Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners in 2018 before leaving the team just eight weeks later. Wythenshawe, who have not officially confirmed Bolt's registration, have been asked for a statement.",
  "summary": "Eight-time Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has registered to play for a veterans' Sunday league football team in Manchester.",
  "key_points": [
    "Usain Bolt, 40, joins Manchester veterans football team.",
    "Plays for Wythenshawe Vets FC in Cheshire Veterans League.",
    "Retired from athletics in 2017 to pursue football career."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Bolt registers to play for Manchester Sunday league team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/bolt-registers-to-play-for-manchester-sunday-league-team-2414859",
        "published": "2026-08-21T17:14:32.000Z"
      }
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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."
}