{"id":578803,"date":"2026-04-01T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:35:09","slug":"dr-congo-declares-national-holiday-after-reaching-world-cup-for-first-time-in-52-years-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578803\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo declares national holiday after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years &#8211; bbc.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8xZ3VycF9lUFFKdlhvU0huSjg2WkgyMTVFSm9GX256ZkxUWWxFU3Ryck5zdktrMUE4dGkyYkx5WXVtNEc3LU5RaDAteEVOUEJsejFMU2xHLUZWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Congo declares national holiday after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9QdEh2NU1GVzF1QVRxZXl0MVpJUHVidUJJTFFYeW5ZZnZJdnR4UllJQnNUbmRPRnB3bGI2VVhYd2xNWmljMFJ0QjhpU1pwcERuS1JUaEgwYk9fYkRjWW1vaXdhZ0I0Vzh2dlRNcjJMVldSa280YTBiU0c3Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Congo DR 1-0 Jamaica (1 Apr, 2026) Final Score<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;espn.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOTEEwOEVhTzN4bDlxNW5iSEZjOGdhVWRfRTRnbzMzRFlmZ3VGLTkxcjljeUo5TkJCSjFtaEwzMDF6T1lycy1XeWY3SnRTTzBPZjF2OUNyVlB3WDBoRkpaQ3RQTTJCd1BiMlRRR1hKZUFLWDM3ZGFCOHVEUmFmSWFDSmFyTHgyYUF2ZVhHSFNOSnFsa0hSRHh4cWt0LXkwbk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Congo leave it late to book berth for World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4wFBVV95cUxNNFZ6X3d0OVBFWmc5aGlQcGxVUm1TV3h2QTc3YlBsTzRMOHB2enNMT0FWWUdnRDMyakRBT1BrVVktdzBuOTh5Q1lDdE00REF0TElTS3BJdU5yVXJ3V3hRUDFEU2VPWXVxbEZUYnlfYUUtRE1iNEFqWnB1XzNDRW44ZG4wRmJaOWw4bVRIT0JPbTh5SExlVVlFbWVDOHgzcURUeXhwOXFnMjd5Y3U0SVhuNUdWMmFNS1F1dUlDVzFiQldPSUxkeDlYRjczMWlONi00b3dLOEZYZXpheDU5Q0RjZG9EYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Man Utd star scores dramatic 100th-minute goal to send DR Congo to first World Cup since 1974<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Goal.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Congo fans dance in the rain after sealing World Cup spot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Telegraph Sydney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DR Congo declares national holiday after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.comCongo DR 1-0 Jamaica&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-578803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}