{"id":16248,"date":"2025-11-27T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/spains-la-liga-marks-10-years-in-africa-with-celebration-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:29","slug":"spains-la-liga-marks-10-years-in-africa-with-celebration-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/spains-la-liga-marks-10-years-in-africa-with-celebration-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s La Liga marks 10 years in Africa with celebration in SA \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s top-flight football league, La Liga, marked its tenth year on the African continent with a celebratory gathering at MultiChoice\u2019s headquarters in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (SA), on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The milestone comes after a decade of growing involvement in African football, from youth programmes and community projects to long-running partnerships with broadcasters and local associations in countries across the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, Tresor Penku, La Liga\u2019s Africa Football Director, said the league has tried to ensure its work on the continent has a lasting impact rather than being reduced to one-off initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery project we\u2019ve carried out in Africa is meant to be meaningful and to open doors for young people,\u201d Penku said. \u201cFootball has enormous power to inspire, and we\u2019re very deliberate about using that influence to support communities right across the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that while La Liga draws its resources and support from Spain, its operations in Africa are anchored in long-term relationships with local partners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La Liga first set up its African office in 2014. Since then, it has broadened its reach through training programmes, talent-development initiatives and collaborations aimed at strengthening football structures in several African countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16249,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16248","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Spain\u2019s top-flight football league, La Liga, marked its tenth year on the African continent","published_date":"2025-11-27 10:17:36","news_description":"Spain\u2019s top-flight football league, La Liga, marked its tenth year on the African continent","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20140,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16248\/revisions\/20140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}