JOHANNESBURG.- The midfielder Jayden Adamswho had just disputed with South Africa he World Cup 2026was found dead this Saturday at the age of 25, announced the Minister of Sports of his country.
“It is with great sadness and immense shock that I have received the news of the death of Jayden Adams,” he said. Gayton McKenzie in a statement, without specifying the cause of death, “which has not yet been confirmed.”
“South African football has lost one of its brightest young talents,” he added.
“Death has cruelly taken one of ours from us,” he reacted on his X la account. South African Footballers’ Unionwhile the African Football Confederation (CAF) wrote that “football loses one of its own.”
The president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinosaid he was “immensely sad” about the news and conveyed his condolences on behalf of “all the people of FIFA and the world football community.”
South African police announced the opening of an investigation after finding the lifeless body of a 25-year-old man in a house in Schotschekloofa neighborhood in the center of Cape Townto clarify the causes of death.
Adams played in all three of South Africa’s matches in the first phase of the World Cup in North America within the framework of group A: in the first two he started, against Mexico and Czech Republicwhile in the third, against South Koreawas a substitute and came into play in the 80th minute.
He did not, however, participate in Bafana Bafana’s farewell match of the tournament, the 1-0 defeat against Canada in the round of 32.
Professional since 2020, this player born in Cape Town was active in the club Mamelodi Sundows since January 2025 and was part of the South African team that was third in the African Cup of Nations (CAN) Ivory Coast in 2024.
Agreement with Klopp made official in Germany
The German Football Federation (DFB) announced on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the coach Jurgen Klopp to become the new Mannschaft coach, awaiting the green light from Red BullKlopp’s current employer.
“The president of the DFB, Bernd Neuendorf, and the vice president, Hans-Joachim Watzkethey kept yesterday in New York his first in-depth meeting with Jürgen Klopp about his possible appointment as national coach,” the institution said in a statement.
“During the meeting, which was very constructive, an agreement was reached on the key points of a possible contract. Talks will continue next week. Both parties are confident that the negotiations, subject to an agreement with Klopp’s current employer, Red Bull, can be concluded satisfactorily,” the text continues.
