{"id":57652,"date":"2023-04-13T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/black-meteors-will-be-given-adequate-support\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T20:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:08:29","slug":"black-meteors-will-be-given-adequate-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/black-meteors-will-be-given-adequate-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Meteors will be given adequate support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"496\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1680195182_890_Screenshot-2023-03-28-175652-696x496.png\"   alt=\"Black Meteors\" title=\"Black Meteors\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Meteors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association [GFA], Prosper Harrison Addo, has assured the Black Meteors will be given the needed support for their preparations ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON].<\/p>\n<p>Ghana secured qualification for the tournament following a 2-1 aggregate win over Algeria last month.<\/p>\n<p>The team, led by head coach Ibrahim Tanko, aims to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games next year and make a return to the Olympics after 19 years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Mr Harrison Addo in an interview expressed the FA\u2019s\u00a0determination to support the team to achieve its objective.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUIAsDBXYAAxSj7.jpg\" alt=\"Prosper Harrison Addo\" class=\"wp-image-1770838\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Prosper Harrison Addo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe quest is to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games next year, so the technical team, the FA and everybody is geared up, in terms of the preparations to ensure that we present a good team,\u201d he told Citi Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to give them good preparations so they are in the position to be compete with the rest of Africa in terms of the other teams that will come for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree full slots are available for the Olympics, and the other is the 50\/50 slot, so we want to take one of the slots for the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must be ready to do that. Immediately after we qualified for the tournament in Morocco, we began preparations for the Black Meteors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coaches are monitoring the players for us to get the best for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngagement with the clubs is one other thing we are looking at so we can have the best of preparations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fourth edition of the CAF U-23 tournament will be hosted in Morocco in June later this year between 24 June and 8 July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The top three teams of this edition of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic men\u2019s football tournament in Paris while the 4th-placed team will play in the AFC\u2013CAF playoffs to decide the final slot at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5MaoiZijik0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swoop In Kumasi: FDA impounds aphrodisiacs, body enhancers worth GHC700,000 (13-04-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MaoiZijik0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Meteors General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association [GFA], Prosper Harrison Addo, has assured the Black Meteors will be given the needed support for their preparations ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON]. 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