{"id":422092,"date":"2017-09-25T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/akufo-addo-congratulates-black-stars-b\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T20:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T20:00:27","slug":"akufo-addo-congratulates-black-stars-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/25\/akufo-addo-congratulates-black-stars-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo congratulates Black Stars B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/62172791.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars WAFU Cup\" title=\"Black Stars WAFU Cup\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Black Stars B<\/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\/09\/1506369627_432_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Black Stars B team for winning the 2017 edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) cup.<\/p>\n<p>The local Black Stars on Sunday avenged their group stage defeat to Nigeria with a 4-1 mauling in the finals and the president has commended Coach Maxwell Konadu and his squad for lifting high the flag of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Monday, 25th September 2017, the president congratulated coaching staff, management members and the players for the remarkable victory against rivals Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKudos to the players, technical and management team of the Black Stars &#8216;B&#8217; Team on winning the WAFU Cup. Ghana is proud of you\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Kudos to the players, technical and management team of the Black Stars &#8216;B&#8217; Team on winning the WAFU Cup. Ghana is proud of you. ????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) September 25, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia who witnessed the game in Cape Coast on Sunday evening also commended the team for their spirited performance throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to the Black Stars Team B for winning the 2017 West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations championship&#8221;. \u201cGhana is proud of you\u201d, he wrote on his Facebook wall.<\/p>\n<p>The victory on Sunday means Ghana has successfully defended the trophy it won 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, The Ministry of Youth and Sports has declared Ghana\u2019s readiness to bid for the hosting rights of the 2018 CHAN championship following the decision by the Executive Committee of CAF to strip off the right from Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uhWitHgoYJ0?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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>Sports News of Monday, 25 September 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-09-25 play videoPresident Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Black Stars B &#13; President Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Black Stars B team for winning the 2017 edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) cup. 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