{"id":703462,"date":"2019-09-11T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/we-dont-want-ghana-football-to-die-gyan-on-baby-jet-u-16-tourney\/"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:25:51","slug":"we-dont-want-ghana-football-to-die-gyan-on-baby-jet-u-16-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/11\/we-dont-want-ghana-football-to-die-gyan-on-baby-jet-u-16-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t want Ghana football to die \u2013 Gyan on Baby Jet U-16 tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 11 September 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citisportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-09-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/36390617.295.jpg\" alt=\"Accra Baby Jet 16\" title=\"Accra Baby Jet 16\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Baby Jet U-16 tournament will kick off on 11th September<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Black Stars general captain, Asamoah Gyan, has opened up on the motivation behind his decision to organize an U-16 football tournament in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is in its second year and will bring together Under 16 players from all around the country and abroad to compete for honors at the Asamoah Gyan Park at the Accra Academy School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are building something for the future, we don\u2019t want football to die because Ghana is a football nation,\u201d Gyan, Ghana\u2019s all-time top scorer at the international level, told Citi Sports after a visit to Ashfoam, the competition\u2019s headline sponsor this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all started from colts football; myself, Essien, Muntari, we all started from there and I\u2019m here as an icon, trying to bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to help the young ones, to motivate them not to stop playing,\u201d Gyan said.<\/p>\n<p>The Baby Jet U-16 tournament will kick off on 11th September and run till 18th September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It will bring together 32 teams from across West Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 11 September 2019 Source: citisportsonline.com 2019-09-11 The Baby Jet U-16 tournament will kick off on 11th September Black Stars general captain, Asamoah Gyan, has opened up on the motivation behind his decision to organize an U-16 football tournament in the country. 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