By Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/p>\n
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Sudanese football fans will have the opportunity to watch their beloved clubs compete in the CAF Confederations Cup and Champions League free of charge.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Both Al-Merriekh FC and Al-Hilal FC, who are currently based in Juba due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, have announced free admission for their upcoming matches.<\/p>\n Al-Merriekh FC President Omar Al-Numair revealed that fans can watch their team’s return leg against Al-Nasr of Libya at Juba Stadium at no cost.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Al-Hilal FC has decided to broadcast their match against Al-Ahly Benghazi FC via satellite TV to ensure that their supporters worldwide can tune in.<\/p>\n Al-Merriekh FC and Al-Hilal FC were granted permission by the CAF to play their matches outside Khartoum due to the escalating conflict in 2023.<\/p>\n The two clubs arrived in Juba earlier this week and were welcomed by the Sudanese ambassador at Juba International Airport.<\/p>\n The first leg of Al-Merriekh FC’s match against Al-Nasr ended in a goalless draw, and Al-Numair hopes that free admission will attract more fans to support the team.<\/p>\n Al-Hilal FC, on the other hand, holds a 1-0 advantage over Al-Ahly Benghazi after the first leg of their Champions League clash.<\/p>\n Both matches will take place at Juba Stadium, with Al-Merriekh FC facing Al-Nasr on Saturday and Al-Hilal FC hosting Al-Ahly Benghazi on Sunday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Kei Emmanuel Duku Sudanese football fans will have the opportunity to watch their beloved clubs compete in the CAF Confederations Cup and Champions League free of charge. Both Al-Merriekh FC and Al-Hilal FC, who are currently based in Juba due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, have announced[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Al-Hilal-FC-Khartoum-Goalkeeper-while-training-in-Juba-Stadium-ahead-of-their-Sunday.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27953,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27951\/revisions\/27953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}