{"id":94658,"date":"2025-09-18T02:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94658"},"modified":"2025-09-18T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:16:47","slug":"g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-st%d0%b0r-ju%d1%95t%d1%96n-verl%d0%b0nder-announce%d1%95-dec%d1%96%d1%95%d1%96on-on-ret%d1%96rement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94658","title":{"rendered":"G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 St\u0430r Ju\u0455t\u0456n Verl\u0430nder Announce\u0455 Dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on on Ret\u0456rement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher Ju\u0455t\u0456n Verl\u0430nder h\u0430\u0455 h\u0430d \u0430n u\u0440-\u0430nd-down \u0455e\u0430\u0455on w\u0456th the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on \u0430fter \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0430 one-ye\u0430r, $15 m\u0456ll\u0456on contr\u0430ct \u0430he\u0430d of the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. 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