{"id":426586,"date":"2017-10-08T12:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T12:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/sports-ministry-approves-saudi-arabia-and-france-friendlies\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T12:30:22","slug":"sports-ministry-approves-saudi-arabia-and-france-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/08\/sports-ministry-approves-saudi-arabia-and-france-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Ministry approves Saudi Arabia and France friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  8 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/90806225.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gfa Logo New\" title=\"Gfa Logo New\" width=\"295\" height=\"333\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana FA logo<\/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\/1507465822_452_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ministry of Youth and Sports has given the Ghana Football Association the approval to honour two international friendly games.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the ministry\u2019s Technical Advisor Dr. Emmanuel Owusu Ansah reads:<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth and Sports has given approval to the Ghana Football Association to honour two (2) international friendly matches.<\/p>\n<p>The matches are:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1. *Ghana Black Stars vrs Saudi Arabia on 10th October, 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia*<\/p>\n<p>2. *Ghana Black Queens vrs France Female national team on 23rd October 2017 in Paris, France*.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry gave the approval based on the facts that the coach is in the progress of building a formidable  national team for the future and he needs to give the new players a lot of playing time to evaluate their performances. It is therefore necessary to play many international friendly matches especially when it comes at no cost to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the Black Queens, they have qualified to play in the AFCON Women\u2019s Cup of Nations to be hosted by Ghana in 2018. As a host nation, the Black Queens will not participate in the qualifiers for the tournament. Therefore the only way to allow the coach to select a national team and keep them in shape is through national and international friendly matches. The France international match is also coming at no extra cost to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The host nations for the friendly matches are providing air transportation to their countries and provide internal transportation, accommodation and feeding for the Ghanaian contingent.<\/p>\n<p>The host nations financial commitment to Black Stars and the Black Queens are Two Hundred Thousand Dollars  ($200,00) and Forty Thousand Euros (\u20ac40,000) respectively.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: 56 --><\/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 Sunday, 8 October 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-10-08 Ghana FA logo &#13; The Ministry of Youth and Sports has given the Ghana Football Association the approval to honour two international friendly games. 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