{"id":408109,"date":"2017-08-02T03:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T03:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/basigi-focused-on-qualifying-black-princesses-to-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T03:03:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T03:03:15","slug":"basigi-focused-on-qualifying-black-princesses-to-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/02\/basigi-focused-on-qualifying-black-princesses-to-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Basigi focused on qualifying Black Princesses to World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  2 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-08-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/63708295.295.jpg\" alt=\"Yusif Basigi Cut\" title=\"Yusif Basigi Cut\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yusif Basigi<\/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=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1501642995_791_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Newly appointed head coach of Ghana\u2019s Black Princesses Yusif Basigi says his first objective will be to qualify the team to next year\u2019s world cup in France.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced Basigi was recently re-assigned to coach Ghana\u2019s female U-20 team after spending five years at the helm of affairs of the senior team the Black Queens.<\/p>\n<p>During his spell with the Queens he managed to lead them to their first gold medal at the 2016 All African Games in Brazaville and later to a bronze medal at the Women\u2019s Afcon in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first objective will be to qualify to the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil we get to that level we don\u2019t want to think beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we make the World Cup then we can turn our attention to that\u201d,he told Citi Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s first assignment will come against Algeria in a match to be played away from home on September 15 before returning home for the return leg on September 29.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Sports News of Wednesday, 2 August 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-08-02 Yusif Basigi &#13; Newly appointed head coach of Ghana\u2019s Black Princesses Yusif Basigi says his first objective will be to qualify the team to next year\u2019s world cup in France. 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