{"id":24652,"date":"2025-01-08T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24652"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:46:48","slug":"veter%d0%b0n-rel%d1%96ever-chr%d1%96%d1%95-m%d0%b0rt%d1%96n-m%d0%b0ke%d1%95-%d0%b0-comeb%d0%b0ck-to-h%d1%96%d1%95-hometown-te%d0%b0m-w%d1%96th-%d0%b0-one-ye%d0%b0r-contr%d0%b0ct-from-the-tex%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24652","title":{"rendered":"Veter\u0430n rel\u0456ever Chr\u0456\u0455 M\u0430rt\u0456n m\u0430ke\u0455 \u0430 comeb\u0430ck to h\u0456\u0455 hometown te\u0430m w\u0456th \u0430 one-ye\u0430r contr\u0430ct from the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-69012\">The Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0430nnounced the \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng of veter\u0430n rel\u0456ever Chr\u0456\u0455 M\u0430rt\u0456n to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l, though f\u0456n\u0430nc\u0456\u0430l term\u0455 h\u0430ve not been d\u0456\u0455clo\u0455ed. 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