{"id":424331,"date":"2017-10-02T13:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/hosting-chan-2018-not-a-good-idea-gfa\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:30:26","slug":"hosting-chan-2018-not-a-good-idea-gfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/hosting-chan-2018-not-a-good-idea-gfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting CHAN 2018 not a good idea \u2013 GFA"},"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,  2 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/77792320.295.jpg\" alt=\"Saanie Gnpc\" title=\"Saanie Gnpc\" width=\"295\" height=\"194\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Communications Director of GFA Ibrahim Sannie Daara<\/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\/10\/1506951026_557_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has cast doubt over the country\u2019s readiness to host the 2018 CHAN tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The FA believes the country lacks the requisite finances to properly host two competitions in one year, with Ghana already committing to host the 2018 Women\u2019s Afcon.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the FA\u2019s position, the Sports Ministry believe that based on the country\u2019s success in hosting the recently ended Fox WAFU competition and the availability of multiple venues, hosting the CHAN tournament should not be complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Original hosts of the competition, Kenya were stripped of hosting rights after it was revealed that they were behind schedule with regards to stadia readiness and other adjoining facilities.<\/p>\n<p>This position was made clear by the GFA\u2019s Director of Communications Ibrahim Saani Daara when he spoke on Citi Fm\u2019s Sports Panorama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that hosting the tournament will yield a lot of benefits for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it becomes a little troubling when you factor in the fact that the host nation will have to shoulder for instance the travelling expenses for all participating countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can also talk about accommodation and feeding as well as everything associated with the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not sure if the country is in the financial state to shoulder the burden of hosting two tournaments in one year,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 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 Monday, 2 October 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-10-02 Communications Director of GFA Ibrahim Sannie Daara &#13; The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has cast doubt over the country\u2019s readiness to host the 2018 CHAN tournament. 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