{"id":63419,"date":"2025-03-27T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63419"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:37:15","slug":"host-u-20-afcon-caf-tells-egypt-as-cote-divoire-backs-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/27\/host-u-20-afcon-caf-tells-egypt-as-cote-divoire-backs-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Host U-20 AFCON, CAF Tells Egypt as C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire Backs Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football has asked Egypt to take over as host for the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations following C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s sudden withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was set to begin on April 26, but CAF is now considering a new start date to allow Egypt time to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s decision to step down has created uncertainty around the prestigious competition, which serves as a key platform for young African footballers.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, having successfully hosted the tournament in 2023, is seen as a strong replacement due to its world class facilities and experience in organizing international events.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flying Eagles will compete in Group B alongside Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa, setting the stage for intense battles in the group phase.<\/p>\n<p>With time running out, all eyes are on Egypt as stakeholders await confirmation on whether it will step up to ensure the tournament goes ahead without disruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Confederation of African Football has asked Egypt to take over as host for the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations following C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s sudden withdrawal. The tournament was set to begin on April 26, but CAF is now considering a new start date to allow Egypt time to prepare. C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63421,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63419\/revisions\/63421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}