{
  "id": 9337519,
  "title": "Columbus Crew fires Argentine reserve coach over referee intimidation claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/columbus-crew-fires-argentine-reserve-coach-over-referee-intimidation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:47:55.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/sports/e6cdfd7kz"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Columbus Crew has dismissed reserve team coach Federico Higuain following allegations of intimidation and sexist behavior toward a female referee.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Columbus Crew fires reserve coach Federico Higuaín after incident with female referee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/columbus-crew-fires-reserve-coach-federico-higuain-after-incident",
        "published": "2026-09-23T08:24:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Crew sack Higuain after accusation of sexism towards referee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/crew-sack-higuain-after-accusation-of-sexism-towards-referee",
        "published": "2026-09-23T09:06:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
}