{"id":343215,"date":"2011-03-28T00:41:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/british-basketball-star-mensah-bonsu-dumps-england-to-support-ghana-in-friendly\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T00:41:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T00:41:11","slug":"british-basketball-star-mensah-bonsu-dumps-england-to-support-ghana-in-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/british-basketball-star-mensah-bonsu-dumps-england-to-support-ghana-in-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"British Basketball Star Mensah-bonsu Dumps England To Support Ghana In Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"52.779661016949\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/602ce7e4su_1383459c.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25971\" title=\"English basketball star Mensah-Bonsu dumps England to support Ghana in friendly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/602ce7e4su_1383459c.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"England basketball star Pops Mensah-Bonsu has dumped his country to support Ghana for Tuesday\u2019s international friendly at Wembley.\" width=\"460\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>England basketball star Pops Mensah-Bonsu will support Ghana in Tuesday&#8217;s friendly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>England basketball star Pops Mensah-Bonsu has dumped his country to support Ghana for Tuesday\u2019s international friendly at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old, who played for NBA side New Orleans Hornets, is of Ghanaian heritage as his parents are from the West African country.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of next Tuesday\u2019s historic first-ever meeting between England and Ghana\u2019s national teams, Mensah-Bonsu, was moved to declare where his allegiance is.<\/p>\n<p>The power forward who is part of the Great Britain Olympic basketball team says he will not support England when they play Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He is backing the Black Stars for victory over the Three Lions on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/602ce7e4su_1383459c.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/british-basketball-star-mensah-bonsu-dumps-england-to-support-ghana-in-friendly\/\" title=\"British Basketball Star Mensah-bonsu Dumps England To Support Ghana In Friendly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Basketball Star Mensah-bonsu Dumps England To Support Ghana In Friendly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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