{"id":467658,"date":"2018-02-26T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/triumphant-queens-arrive-with-wafu-trophy\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:30:35","slug":"triumphant-queens-arrive-with-wafu-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/triumphant-queens-arrive-with-wafu-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumphant Queens arrive with WAFU trophy"},"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, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghanahguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/13269366.295.jpg\" alt=\"QueensWAFU.jpeg\" title=\"QueensWAFU.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Black Queens of Ghana are champions of the maiden WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations tournament<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519644635_582_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Black Queens have arrived in the country after their triumph over host nation Ivory Coast in the 2018 WAFU Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The team, led by Madam Leanier Addy,  touched down at the Kotoka International Airport on Sunday evening to a rousing welcome by Ghanaian football fans.<\/p>\n<p>Janet Egyir scored the only goal of the final game against Ivory Coast which ensured the Queens win the cup.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second major trophy for the senior women\u2019s team after having won the All Africa Games in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Aside  the trophy, the Queens returned home with other honours as  Egyir was adjudged the Best Player of the competition, while captain Portia Boakye won the Top Scorer&#8217;s prize with four goals and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>The victory also resulted in Interim  Coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo   becoming the first ever Ghanaian female Coach to win a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The team is expected to visit the Flag Staff House to present the trophy to his excellency the President, Nana Akufo Addo.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch video:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/DLMnfYVN-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 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 Monday, 26 February 2018 Source: Ghanahguardian.com 2018-02-26 play videoThe Black Queens of Ghana are champions of the maiden WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations tournament The Black Queens have arrived in the country after their triumph over host nation Ivory Coast in the 2018 WAFU Women&#8217;s Championship. 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