{"id":64045,"date":"2025-04-10T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64045"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:05:49","slug":"u-20-afcon-south-africa-names-final-squad-ahead-of-flying-eagles-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/10\/u-20-afcon-south-africa-names-final-squad-ahead-of-flying-eagles-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"U-20 AFCON: South Africa Names Final Squad Ahead of Flying Eagles Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s U-20 national team has unveiled its final squad for the upcoming Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (AFCON), set to take place in Egypt. The South Africans are drawn in a challenging group alongside Nigeria\u2019s Flying Eagles, host nation Egypt, and Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Flying Eagles have assembled a 35-man squad for their final training camp in Abuja, which includes seven Europe-based players. Under the guidance of Coach Aliyu Zubairu, the Nigerian team is targeting a ninth title in the competition&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond continental glory, there is an added incentive: the top four teams will secure qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Chile later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament kicks off on April 27 in Cairo, Egypt. Stay connected for further updates on the U-20 AFCON.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke South Africa\u2019s U-20 national team has unveiled its final squad for the upcoming Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (AFCON), set to take place in Egypt. The South Africans are drawn in a challenging group alongside Nigeria\u2019s Flying Eagles, host nation Egypt, and Morocco. Meanwhile, the Flying Eagles have assembled a 35-man squad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":64046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64045","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\/64045","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64047,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64045\/revisions\/64047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}