{"id":647092,"date":"2019-06-28T16:31:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 28 June 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n2019-06-28\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/156173669"},"modified":"2019-06-28T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:31:56","slug":"ayew-ready-ghana-wait-on-fitness-of-skipper-ahead-of-cameroon-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/ayew-ready-ghana-wait-on-fitness-of-skipper-ahead-of-cameroon-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayew-ready? 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A further medical test reveals that Agyepong will not be available for selection for the Cameroon game. However, the medical team are monitoring Dede\u2019s condition and will advise the technical team regarding his availability depending on how he responds to treatment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kwasi Appiah appointed Ayew as captain of the national team ahead of the tournament. The contentious decision led to the retirement of the previous skipper Asamoah Gyan who only rescinded his decision following an intervention by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan midfielder, Kwadwo Asamoah, who along with Gyan is yet to debut at the competition is the Deputy Captain of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan was &#8220;elevated&#8221; to General Captain for the tourney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 28 June 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-06-28 Skipper Andre Ayew Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah faces a nervous wait over the fitness of skipper Andre Ayew for Saturday&#8217;s clash against Cameroon in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt.&#13; Ayew, 29, was substituted as a precautionary measure after scoring an equaliser for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[401,2937,1646,1482,2763,339,2764,2515],"class_list":["post-647092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ahead","tag-ayewready","tag-cameroon","tag-clash","tag-fitness","tag-ghana","tag-skipper","tag-wait"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ayew-ready? 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