Eight-time Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has registered to play for a veterans' Sunday league football team in Manchester. The Football Association's Full-Time website lists the 40-year-old Jamaican as a registered player for Wythenshawe Vets FC, which competes in the Premier Division of the Cheshire Veterans Football League.
The over-35s team, based in south Manchester, gained attention last year for assembling a squad comprised of former Premier League players. This season's Wythenshawe roster includes notable former professionals such as Emile Heskey, Oumar Niasse, Antonio Valencia, Papiss Cisse, Stephen Ireland, Nedum Onuoha, Joleon Lescott, and Danny Drinkwater.
Bolt, recognized as the fastest man in history over the 100m and 200m distances with world records set in 2009, pursued a career in professional football after retiring from athletics in 2017. He previously scored twice in a friendly for Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners in 2018 and signed a contract with the club, only to leave eight weeks later. Wythenshawe has not officially announced Bolt's registration and has been contacted for comment.