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Liverpool miss key trio in Austria; F1 heads to Rwanda; Betts backs…
Rwanda's ten-year Formula 1 deal brings the first African race since nineteen ninety-three, with the first Grand Prix due in the early twenty-thirties; plenty of time to find a hat.
Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on this story, from Coffee Talk at 10:54 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Champions League: Iraola speaks as Isak, Gakpo & Szoboszlai miss trip to Austria”, with reporting from BBC Sport.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 10:54 AM ET on Coffee Talk, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Austria, Liverpool, Bull F1, South Africa.
- BBN covered this story before: F1 set to return to Africa for first time in three decades (October 13).
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLiverpool manager Andoni Iraola spoke this morning ahead of the Champions League trip to Austria, and Isak, Gakpo and Szoboszlai are not making the journey.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThree players left behind at the gate. I have been left at a gate myself, Hank, in a country that no longer exists.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich one?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt changed its name while I was in the lounge.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow, Formula 1 has signed a ten-year deal with Rwanda, its first race in Africa since nineteen ninety-three.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe racing starts in the early two thousand thirties. That's the kind of deadline I respect, because nobody can prove you missed it.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'm packing this morning. A woman should arrive at a Grand Prix with seven years of notice and a good hat.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeven years.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd Mookie Betts said Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a human being, after the Dodgers ace was pulled early in Game Two against the Brewers on Monday night.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKind words from a teammate, and the first time anyone has said it about an ace without a lawyer present.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll be at the Rwandan race too, with my bunker beans, which will be older than the track.
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