{"id":259896,"date":"2025-03-05T01:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=259896"},"modified":"2025-03-05T01:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:47:01","slug":"apfa-calls-on-sona-holds-discussion-on-u-19-saff-chship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/apfa-calls-on-sona-holds-discussion-on-u-19-saff-chship\/","title":{"rendered":"APFA calls on Sona, holds discussion on U-19 SAFF ch&#8217;ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 4 Mar:<\/strong> A delegation of the Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) called on Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Tuesday and held discussion about the upcoming U-19 SAFF Championship in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The association informed that during the discussion, the minister assured full support for successful organisation of the championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extending gratitude to the minister and the tourism department for their support, the APFA said that it looks forward to making this championship a landmark event in Arunachal&#8217;s sporting history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U-19 SAFF Championship is set to be a milestone, not only in fostering the growth of football and other sports activities in the state but also in positioning Arunachal as a prime destination for major international sporting events, the association said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tournament will also serve as a platform to showcase the state&#8217;s potential in hosting high-profile competitions and boosting tourism and infrastructure development, it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APFA delegation was led by its general secretary Kipa Ajay. Tourism Secretary Ranphoa Ngowa was also present at the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 4 Mar: A delegation of the Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) called on Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Tuesday and held discussion about the upcoming U-19 SAFF Championship in the state. The association informed that during the discussion, the minister assured full support for successful organisation of the championship. Extending gratitude to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}