{"id":605144,"date":"2019-04-04T23:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n2019-04-04\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/22881415.295"},"modified":"2019-04-04T23:44:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:44:28","slug":"ghana-given-fifa-rankings-boost-after-wins-over-kenya-mauritania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/04\/ghana-given-fifa-rankings-boost-after-wins-over-kenya-mauritania\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana given FIFA rankings boost after wins over Kenya, Mauritania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  4 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/22881415.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Ethiopia 1\" title=\"Ghana Ethiopia 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana moved up three places on the latest World FIFA Rankings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana moved up three places on the latest World FIFA Rankings announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The April table sees Ghana move from the 52nd spot to the 49th position, with an increase in total accumulated points from 1412 to 1423.<\/p>\n<p>Placed 51st in April last year, Kwesi Appiah\u2019s outfit now find themselves between the Czech Republic (48) and Norway (50) on the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>On the continental level, Ghana still hold the sixth spot, ahead of Cameroon (54), Egypt (56), Burkina Faso (57) and Mali (65) in Africa&#8217;s top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal (23) hold the top spot on the continent, leading Tunisia (28), Nigeria (42), Morocco (45) and Democratic Republic of Congo (46).<\/p>\n<p>On the world table, Belgium, France and Brazil maintain their positions at the top three, while England have moved up by a place to the fourth position.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia, Uruguay and Portugal, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark, complete the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s highest-ever placing since the ranking\u2019s introduction in August 1993 remains 14th in February 2008, while their worst placement was an 89 position, reached in June 2004.?<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars&#8217; progress is a result of a 1-0 win over Kenya in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and a 3-1 victory over Mauritania in an international friendly last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has 1 comment(s),  give your comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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, 4 April 2019 Source: Goal.com 2019-04-04 Ghana moved up three places on the latest World FIFA Rankings Ghana moved up three places on the latest World FIFA Rankings announced on Thursday. 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