{"id":65968,"date":"2025-05-18T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65968"},"modified":"2025-05-18T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:28:29","slug":"amokachi-hails-rising-stars-at-africa-u20-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/18\/amokachi-hails-rising-stars-at-africa-u20-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Amokachi Hails Rising Stars at Africa U20 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian football legend Daniel Amokachi has applauded the outstanding display of talent and tactical brilliance at the ongoing 2025 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines of the tournament, Amokachi praised the young players for their mental strength, discipline, and hunger to excel, noting that their performances reflect a bright future for African football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The maturity and skill level we are witnessing at this tournament are simply remarkable. These boys are not just playing for fun; they are playing to earn a place in the global spotlight,&#8221; Amokachi remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament has delivered thrilling encounters, jaw-dropping goals, and fierce competition, as teams battle for continental glory and scouts keep a keen eye on the continent\u2019s next big stars.<\/p>\n<p>With each match, the championship is proving to be more than a competition \u2013 it is a showcase of Africa\u2019s football future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigerian football legend Daniel Amokachi has applauded the outstanding display of talent and tactical brilliance at the ongoing 2025 Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations. Speaking on the sidelines of the tournament, Amokachi praised the young players for their mental strength, discipline, and hunger to excel, noting that their performances reflect a bright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65968","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\/65968","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=65968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65970,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65968\/revisions\/65970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}