{"id":575448,"date":"2026-04-01T16:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575448\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:07:07","slug":"dr-congo-declares-national-holiday-for-after-reaching-world-cup-for-first-time-in-52-years-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575448\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo declares national holiday for after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8xZ3VycF9lUFFKdlhvU0huSjg2WkgyMTVFSm9GX256ZkxUWWxFU3Ryck5zdktrMUE4dGkyYkx5WXVtNEc3LU5RaDAteEVOUEJsejFMU2xHLUZWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Congo declares national holiday for after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQUjhYR292OFB2NU40QXZPM0kyaE1QbTNVWDN1aEcwbHJFdHJNRi1CMXF4Q1J5ZFI5Sk16Zng2bFlXMFpjNm1NdkRNVHc0M0VWVGd3SnpwdVlXdmNEekhqZXBRXzZYUXBNUzZic0VneGZiT0YzeWotZTZXVVVOTGtJMGdMeUpJdlhMUDZORmRtSEJ2alJjdVNHbG1OZVRQTm9MRFJUdHpveVk4aUdNVTZ4aHpKRWI2UGxtYzI0Wjk4RXE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Congo\u2019s World Cup qualification unites a troubled country and brings a rare moment of joy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TSN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQbHRBVXhGMmdGVjJOdWNyLThYRmNHRE8yNXdjdGpSOUtSekxEMmIwLVBya2tiZEdySl8yM0hZdHowYmxJUFk1TzdQZWMzdkpwSDR1aEJNMXZLWVVjbXFTUGF2S1ZkRzJ6NWlXVmlGSkxOak9nXy02RmFsbjJfdGZxR0NsUDBhdi1hUDhn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decades later, these national teams return to the World Cup \u2714<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPbmgydUhaaWdlRG05dC1HaFNBcDVDeF9STmhaeVd3Vm5NSHAtTWw5MnpPSXhVdWM3NGtSTDNjLUctYVVGQnJjakJvQ3VTaVlDUE1XRTVkc2dLVEFHakR5LXR6Ykg1S3o4UUtuV252SXpHVjJkTllpUENBMkJDTVd4VDJHV1NyOFltT2F4d2t6MlJTQ1JjbFhoMzVKUExFem5zd25GVy05V0M0R1d1QzFJeF9KX3cxWkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DRC and Iraq book 2026 World Cup spots after inter-confederation play-off wins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RFI<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Congo beat Jamaica to reach World Cup via intercontinental finals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DR Congo declares national holiday for after reaching World Cup for first time in 52 years&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCCongo\u2019s World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-575448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}