{"id":403830,"date":"2017-07-21T11:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T11:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T11:13:24","slug":"osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/55489868.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" title=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Bayern Munich star, Samuel Osei Kuffour<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500635604_612_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Bayern Munich star Samuel Osei Kuffour says the decision to change the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations is long overdue and will help football on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African football made a decision on Thursday to amend the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>There have been complaints about the timing of the Nations Cup tournament which has been a problem for some European Clubs to release their players for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is good, it is going to help teams to prepare well for the competition,\u201d he told TV3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs going to help organizers and host countries to improve in Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost a times countries do not prepare well because the time is too short, two years. But with this new amendment, it will help the teams to prepare very well and we will see a good competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bayern Munich star, Samuel Osei Kuffour &#13; Former Bayern Munich star Samuel Osei Kuffour says the decision to change the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations is long overdue and will help football on the continent. The Confederation of African football made a decision on Thursday to amend the timing of the Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":403831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former Bayern Munich star, Samuel Osei Kuffour &#013; Former Bayern Munich star Samuel Osei Kuffour says the decision to change the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations is long overdue and will help football on the continent. The Confederation of African football made a decision on Thursday to amend the timing of the Africa [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-21T11:13:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/\",\"name\":\"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-21T11:13:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/21\\\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Former Bayern Munich star, Samuel Osei Kuffour &#13; Former Bayern Munich star Samuel Osei Kuffour says the decision to change the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations is long overdue and will help football on the continent. The Confederation of African football made a decision on Thursday to amend the timing of the Africa [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON","datePublished":"2017-07-21T11:13:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/"},"wordCount":163,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/","name":"Osei Kuffuor supports decision to change timing of AFCON - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-07-21T11:13:24+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/osei-kuffuor-supports-decision-to-change-timing-of-afcon\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}