By Lod William Odiya<\/p>\n
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South Sudan Football Federation and Sudanese ambassador to Juba, Issam El-Din Karar discussed enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of football.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In a statement released by the federation, SSFF President, Gen. Augustino Maduot Parek, in meeting with the Sudanese Ambassador on Wednesday, underscored the growing sports diplomacy between Khartoum and Juba.<\/p>\n The statement emphasized South Sudan increasingly becoming a hub for regional football activity, including hosting the Sudanese national team in recent months, both sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral sporting relations.<\/p>\n It stated that President Maduot highlighted the rising number of Sudanese players joining South Sudanese clubs, noting this as a sign of positive progress in football collaboration across the border.<\/p>\n \u201cThe relations between South Sudan and Sudan are currently in a positive phase, especially in terms of joint cooperation in football,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n According to the statement, the meeting also addressed the status of Sudanese players in the South Sudanese league, acknowledging their growing presence and contribution to the domestic competition.<\/p>\n The statement further noted SSFF Secretary General, Mr. Victor Lawrence Lual, was also present during the discussions.<\/p>\n It underlined the meeting marked another step forward in the football relations between the neighbouring countries, amid broader efforts to use sport as a tool for unity and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lod William Odiya South Sudan Football Federation and Sudanese ambassador to Juba, Issam El-Din Karar discussed enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of football. In a statement released by the federation, SSFF President, Gen. Augustino Maduot Parek, in meeting with the Sudanese Ambassador on Wednesday,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37896","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\/2025\/07\/Sudanese-Ambassador-to-South-Sudan-H.E.-Issam-El-Din-Karar-and-the-President-of-the-South-Sudan-Football-Federation-Gen.-Augustino-Maduot.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37896","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=37896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37898,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37896\/revisions\/37898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}