Usain Bolt set to play Sunday league football for star-studded veterans’ team
Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars The sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythenshawe FC Veterans on
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- 21 Aug 2026, 20:20 UTC
- Last checked
- 21 Aug 2026, 23:20 UTC
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 21 Aug 2026, 19:52 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- PA Media
- Section
- Usain Bolt
Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars The sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythenshawe FC Veterans on
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Usain Bolt set to play Sunday league football for star-studded veterans’ team
Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars The sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythenshawe FC Veterans on
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Usain Bolt set to play Sunday league football for star-studded veterans’ team
Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars Sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythenshawe FC Veterans on the
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Evidence layer
Capture provenance
- Capture ID
- #969
- Observed
- 21 Aug 2026, 20:35 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 458,062 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt