{"id":188052,"date":"2025-09-28T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188052\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:40:08","slug":"bawumia-congratulates-uds-on-historic-world-university-football-championship-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/188052\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia congratulates UDS on historic World University Football Championship victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/Bawumia-congratulates-UDS-on-historic-World-University-Football-Championship-victory-2002667?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/24826129.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Mahamudu Bawumia could not hold back his excitement from the UDS win\" title=\"Dr Mahamudu Bawumia could not hold back his excitement from the UDS win\" width=\"295\" height=\"223\" \/> <\/a>Dr Mahamudu Bawumia could not hold back his excitement from the UDS win<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former Vice President and 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1188\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/a>, has congratulated the University for Development Studies (UDS) for emerging champions of the 2025 World University Football Championship. <\/p>\n<p>The Tamale-based university achieved the feat on Sunday, November 28, bringing international recognition to Ghana and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In a message shared on his social media platforms, Dr Bawumia described the victory as \u201ca truly historic feat that has brought pride to Ghana and Africa.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He lauded the dedication and resilience of the team, emphasising that their triumph was a testament to Ghanaian talent and determination on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President also noted that UDS\u2019s achievement would serve as an inspiration for other Ghanaian universities to invest in sports and nurture young talents. <\/p>\n<p>According to him, the victory highlights the potential of Ghanaian youth to excel not only in academics but also in global sporting competitions.<\/p>\n<p>UDS\u2019s triumph marks Ghana\u2019s first-ever win at the World University Football Championship, positioning the university and the country prominently in international university sports. <\/p>\n<p>The win has been widely celebrated across social media, with many Ghanaians and Africans commending the team for making history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Mahamudu Bawumia could not hold back his excitement from the UDS win Former Vice President and 2024&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-188052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}