{"id":223798,"date":"2026-05-04T14:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223798"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:54:56","slug":"fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=223798","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Verdict on DR Congo Brings Nigeria\u2019s World Cup Qualification Bid to an Abrupt End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland \u2014 FIFA on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, confirmed the final list of teams for the inter-confederation play-off tournament for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, naming the Democratic Republic of Congo as Africa\u2019s representative and effectively ending Nigeria\u2019s attempt to qualify for the global competition&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrentonline.com\/fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland \u2014 FIFA on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, confirmed the final list of teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end.jpg",1000,667,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end.jpg",1000,667,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/223798-fifa-verdict-on-dr-congo-brings-nigerias-world-cup-qualification-bid-to-an-abrupt-end-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/223799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}