{"id":741076,"date":"2022-01-08T22:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/black-stars-arrive-in-cameroon\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T22:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T22:20:25","slug":"black-stars-arrive-in-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/black-stars-arrive-in-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars arrive in Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/84793497.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars players arrive in Cameroon | Photo credit @AmandoCrusader\" title=\"Black Stars players arrive in Cameroon | Photo credit @AmandoCrusader\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars players arrive in Cameroon | Photo credit @AmandoCrusader<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">The senior national team, the Black Stars, have arrived in Cameroon ahead of the commencement of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Two journalists confirmed the arrival of the team via tweets. Gary Al Smith of Joy FM, in posting an update said: &#8220;They&#8217;ve touched down in Yaound\u00e9 from Doha,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Denis Mirpuri, a former journalist with Joy FM also tweeted: &#8220;Black Stars finally arrive in Cameroon for #AFCON2021. Good to see Kamaldeen and Kudus, 2 of the 17 Black Stars #AFCON debutants in camp. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All we hope for now is that no player or coach should test positive for Covid, as it could have devastating effects on our campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars team held camping in Doha, Qatar. They played a friendly against champions Morocco, losing by three unanswered goals.<\/p>\n<p>They are in Group C along with Morocco, Comoros and Gabon.   <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">*AFCON NEWS*<br \/>Ghana Black Stars has landed in Cameroon for AFCON 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TotalEnergiesAFCON2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2021<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TotalEnergiesAFCON2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Py3vHwg2TW\">pic.twitter.com\/Py3vHwg2TW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baba Amando-Journalist (@AmandoCrusader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandoCrusader\/status\/1479923324176248832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Full list of Black Stars: <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGoalkeepers:<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Jojo Wolacott (Swindon Town, England), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAbdul Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen, Belgium), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRichard Attah (Hearts of Oak, Ghana), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLawrence Ati Zigi (St Gallen, Switzerland).<\/p>\n<p><b>Defenders: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Andy Yiadom and <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBaba Rahman (both Reading, England), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhilemon Baffuor (Dreams FC, Ghana), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGideon Mensah (Bordeaux, France), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDaniel Amartey (Leicester City, England), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlexander Djiku (Strasbourg, France), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew, USA), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKhalid Abdul Mumin (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal).<\/p>\n<p><b>Midfielders: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Baba Iddrissu (Real Mallorca, Spain), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEdmund Addo (Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldova), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Partey (Arsenal, England), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen, China), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMohammed Kudus (Ajax, Netherlands), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDaniel Kofi Kyere (St. Pauli, Germany), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid Abagna (Real Tamale United, Ghana).<\/p>\n<p><b>Forwards: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Dreams FC, Ghana), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSamuel Owusu (Al Fayha, Saudi Arabia), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKamaldeen Suleymana (Rennes, France), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAndre Ayew (Al Sadd SC. Qatar), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoseph Paintsil (Genk, Belgium), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJordan Ayew (Crystal Palace, England), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRichmond Boakye Yiadom (Beitar Jerusalem, Israel), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMaxwell Abbey Quaye (Great Olympics, Ghana), <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBenjamin Tetteh (Malatyaspor, Turkey).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars players arrive in Cameroon | Photo credit @AmandoCrusader The senior national team, the Black Stars, have arrived in Cameroon ahead of the commencement of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON, tournament. Two journalists confirmed the arrival of the team via tweets. Gary Al Smith of Joy FM, in posting an update said: &#8220;They&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":741077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}