{"id":39346,"date":"2026-07-11T16:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39346"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:42:40","slug":"sa-football-player-jayden-adams-dies-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-football-player-jayden-adams-dies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SA football player Jayden Adams dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) football has been rocked by the sudden death of promising Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns\u2019 talent, Jayden Adams.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder, who recently represented SA at the FIFA World Cup in the Americas showcasing his talents on football\u2019s biggest stage, was just 25-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>His death was confirmed by the SA Football Association (SAFA) but the cause has not yet been made public.<\/p>\n<p>Adams established himself in SA football at Stellenbosch FC before moving to Mamelodi Sundowns last year.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of the Bafana Bafana squad that won the bronze at the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ivory Coast in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Adams featured in all three of Bafana Bafana\u2019s group matches at the World Cup in the Americas, but not in the round of 32 match against Canada in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22744,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-39346","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"His death was confirmed by the SA Football Association (SAFA) but the cause has not yet been made public.","published_date":"","news_description":"His death was confirmed by the SA Football Association (SAFA) but the cause has not yet been made public.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39346","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\/39346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39347,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39346\/revisions\/39347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}