{"id":442559,"date":"2017-12-01T00:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T00:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/we-will-ignite-interest-in-youth-football-kwesi-nyantakyi\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T00:03:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T00:03:31","slug":"we-will-ignite-interest-in-youth-football-kwesi-nyantakyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/we-will-ignite-interest-in-youth-football-kwesi-nyantakyi\/","title":{"rendered":"We will ignite interest in Youth Football &#8211; Kwesi Nyantakyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 30 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-30<\/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\/12890938.295.jpg\" alt=\"KWESI NYANTAKYI CAF2017sep\" title=\"KWESI NYANTAKYI CAF2017sep\" width=\"295\" height=\"208\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President of the Ghana Football Association,Kwesi Nyantakyi has said youth football is of extreme importance to the football Association.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016,the Association launched the maiden edition of the National U-15 Youth league at the football association\u2019s secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>The move is to revive juvenile football in the country as well as help develop future stars to form the core of the national U-17 team the Black Satellites of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the GFA\u2019s three day summit which was held in Cape Coast under the theme, \u2018Ghana Football: Stronger Partnerships for a Brighter Future\u2019, the president said \u201cYouth football is an issue of extreme importance to the FA and so we have decided that the national U-15 competition will continue as representatives of the regions. Each region will present a regional team but the current practice where we have clubs playing U-13,15 and 17 will still continue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about securing sponsorships for the youth league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will explore opportunities to seek sponsorships for our youth competitions. The FA will also be working to strengthen and provide more competition for youth football\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the 2018\/19  football season, we are going to ask all GPL to own U-17 teams each.<\/p>\n<p>President Nyantakyi also added that the GFA will reintroduce the U-17 league which will be part of their efforts to fulfill the requirements of the club licencing system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U-17 clubs of the Premier League sides will play as curtain raisers to every premier league match in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The three day summit was held to address problems facing the country\u2019s favorite sport while examining ways of improving on recent successes.<\/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 Thursday, 30 November 2017 Source: adomonline.com 2017-11-30 GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi President of the Ghana Football Association,Kwesi Nyantakyi has said youth football is of extreme importance to the football Association. 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