{"id":794022,"date":"2026-07-11T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:39:17","slug":"bafana-bafana-and-mamelodi-sundowns-star-jayden-adams-has-reportedly-passed-away-aged-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794022\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns star Jayden Adams has reportedly passed away aged 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adams&#8217; mentor, Brendine Johnson, spoke on behalf of the family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerladuma.co.za\/news\/local\/breaking-bafana-bafana-and-mamelodi-sundowns-midfielder-jayden-adams-passes-away-at-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">to Soccer Laduma<\/a> to confirm the heart-breaking news, expressing the collective grief of those who knew the midfielder best. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this moment, things are still raw, you know, things are still raw, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The family wouldn&#8217;t want to be contacted right now, they wouldn&#8217;t be able to answer anyone. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This passing has ripped everybody apart, returning from the World Cup just now, and then got such news, you know. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a close conversation with him on Thursday, the guy was really positive on returning back, and being able to return after the World Cup and go, you know, being a CAF champion, knowing what lies ahead, he was prepared. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t waste time away, being at home with his family. So at this moment, I don&#8217;t even have words to say, but we ask that the family&#8217;s privacy be respected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I can tell you that he passed on. Nobody expected this,&#8221; Johnson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adams&#8217; mentor, Brendine Johnson, spoke on behalf of the family to Soccer Laduma to confirm the heart-breaking news,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,373620,596,373619,373618,1183,85,21418],"class_list":["post-794022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-caf-champions-league","tag-football","tag-j-adams","tag-mamelodi-sundowns-fc","tag-south-africa","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794022","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=794022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}