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  "id": 4681435,
  "title": "Messi Retires From the National Team: Who Will Replace Him?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/messi-retires-from-the-national-team-who-will-replace-him",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T17:10:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/clementelisi/2026/08/31/messi-retires-from-the-national-team-who-will-replace-him/"
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  "summary": "For more than two decades, Messi was not simply Argentina’s best player. He became the central figure of the national team’s identity.",
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        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Lionel Messi Retiring from Argentina’s National Team 1 Month After Crushing World Cup Loss",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/lionel-messi-retiring-from-argentinas-national-team-1-month-after",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:39:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Lionel Messi—Soccer Legend And Billionaire—Retires From Argentina National Team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/lionel-messi-soccer-legend-and-billionaire-retires-from-argentina-4674204",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:42:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Lionel Messi’s Retirement From Soccer Sparks Heartbreak Across Argentina",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/lionel-messis-retirement-from-soccer-sparks-heartbreak-across",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:27:01.000Z"
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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."
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