{"id":33379,"date":"2026-04-30T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33379"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:22:02","slug":"caf-uefa-sign-landmark-mou-to-boost-football-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/caf-uefa-sign-landmark-mou-to-boost-football-development\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF, UEFA sign landmark MoU to boost football development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\">Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Aleksander \u010ceferin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening collaboration, growth and development of football across Europe and Africa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">The MoU, signed in Vancouver, underlines the guiding principles shared by CAF and UEFA, highlighting football\u2019s role in promoting inclusion, participation and social cohesion, while reaffirming a joint commitment to solidarity, integrity and openness.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">The agreement, which runs <span dir=\"ltr\">until 30 June 2031<\/span>, will combine expertise and experience across several strategic areas.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23831,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33379","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The agreement runs until 30 June 2031.","published_date":"","news_description":"The agreement runs until 30 June 2031.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33379","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\/33379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33380,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33379\/revisions\/33380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}