{"id":24574,"date":"2026-10-24T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/24\/afghanistan-under-18-futsal-team-arrives-in-senegal-for-youth-olympic-games\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:15:15","slug":"afghanistan-under-18-futsal-team-arrives-in-senegal-for-youth-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/24\/afghanistan-under-18-futsal-team-arrives-in-senegal-for-youth-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan Under-18 Futsal Team Arrives in Senegal for Youth Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan\u2019s under-18 national futsal team has travelled to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to take part in the Youth Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The sporting event provides an opportunity for young athletes to gain international experience and showcase themselves. By competing in the tournament, Afghanistan is seeking to raise its profile in grassroots sport.<\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple challenges in the country\u2019s sports sector, the presence of young Afghan teams at global events reflects the determination and desire of Afghan athletes to succeed at the international level.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Olympic Games are seen as a platform for introducing new talent and improving the standard of sport in countries, and Afghanistan is also taking steps to support this participation as it moves forward in developing youth sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan\u2019s under-18 futsal team arrives in Dakar to compete in the Youth Olympic Games and gain international experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}