{"id":64984,"date":"2025-04-28T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64984"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:35:52","slug":"amac-triumphs-as-new-chapter-opens-for-womens-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/28\/amac-triumphs-as-new-chapter-opens-for-womens-football\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAC Triumphs as New Chapter Opens for Women\u2019s Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AMAC Area Council emerged champions of the inaugural FCT FA Women\u2019s Inter Area Councils Football Tournament, edging past Gwagwalada one nil at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch inside the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Torsue scored the decisive first half goal that sealed a historic victory for AMAC on Sunday, April 27.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Pat Ajuma Ayegba, the tournament was designed to boost grassroots women\u2019s football and uncover young talents across the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>Kwali clinched third place after defeating Kuje in a penalty shootout following a goalless draw.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the event, NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau received a Meritorious Award and assured of continuous support for grassroots football.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Women\u2019s Affairs equally pledged commitment to future tournaments, ushering in a new era for the growth of women\u2019s football in the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo AMAC Area Council emerged champions of the inaugural FCT FA Women\u2019s Inter Area Councils Football Tournament, edging past Gwagwalada one nil at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch inside the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Ruth Torsue scored the decisive first half goal that sealed a historic victory for AMAC on Sunday, April 27. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64984","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=64984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64986,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64984\/revisions\/64986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}