{"id":76441,"date":"2023-06-15T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/black-stars-to-depart-for-madagascar-today\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:22:38","slug":"black-stars-to-depart-for-madagascar-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/15\/black-stars-to-depart-for-madagascar-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars to depart for Madagascar today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The senior national team, the Black Stars will depart the shores of the country for Madagascar later today.<\/p>\n

Ghana will be hosted by the\u00a0Barea in the matchday five games of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars have been in camp since Monday and held their final training on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Ghana will go into the game knowing that they are a win away from securing qualification for the next AFCON tournament to be held in Ivory Coast next year.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars currently lead Group E with eight points followed closely by the Central African Republic who have also accumulated seven points.<\/p>\n

Angola have five while Madagascar remain bottom with a single point after four round of matches.<\/p>\n

The game is scheduled for Sunday, June 18 at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo on Sunday with kick-off scheduled at 17:00GMT.<\/p>\n

Chris Hughton will be hoping to steer the Black Stars to end the country\u2019s 41 years AFCON trophy drought.<\/p>\n

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