{"id":49279,"date":"2025-04-18T16:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=49279"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:44:23","slug":"former-sf-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-outf%d1%96elder-t%d0%b0bbed-%d0%b0%d1%95-gener%d0%b0l-m%d0%b0n%d0%b0ger-for-n%d1%96c%d0%b0r%d0%b0gu%d0%b0-%d1%96n-2026-wbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=49279","title":{"rendered":"Former SF G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 outf\u0456elder t\u0430bbed \u0430\u0455 gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger for N\u0456c\u0430r\u0430gu\u0430 \u0456n 2026 WBC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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