{"id":609546,"date":"2019-04-22T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 22 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n2019-04-22\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/25664019.295.j"},"modified":"2019-04-22T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T14:46:18","slug":"former-black-stars-striker-opoku-agyemang-desperate-to-return-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/22\/former-black-stars-striker-opoku-agyemang-desperate-to-return-to-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Black Stars striker Opoku Agyemang desperate to return to action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 22 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/25664019.295.jpg\" alt=\"Opoku Agyemang\" title=\"Opoku Agyemang\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Opoku Agyemang in action for Ghana during the 2010 AFCON<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Opoku Agyemang is fondly remembered in Ghana for his participation at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, as the Black Stars reached the final and narrowly lost to Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Agyemang sustained a career-threatening knee injury one month after the tournament while playing for club side Al Sadd SC in the Asian Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Nine years have passed by with the striker still on the sidelines, yearning for football action on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been out for nine years. I have always felt confident that I will recover fully and play again. I\u2019m still on rehabilitation full of hope that I return soon,\u201d he told Starr FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, I had dreams of playing top level football. I will be 30 in June (2019) and I have given up on that because the agents shy away, saying age is not on my side, coupled with the fact that I have been out for over eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not give up on playing again until I finally feel there is no chance. Only then I will announce the end of my playing career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Agyemang also played for Ghana\u2019s U17 team and won the 2009 Fifa U20 World Cup with the Black Satellites in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to play football. It is my source of happiness and I give it my all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will camp in Doha, Qatar for a month before travelling to Egypt for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations which kicks off on June 21.<\/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 no comments yet, be the first to 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 Monday, 22 April 2019 Source: Goal.com 2019-04-22 Opoku Agyemang in action for Ghana during the 2010 AFCON Opoku Agyemang is fondly remembered in Ghana for his participation at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, as the Black Stars reached the final and narrowly lost to Egypt. 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