{"id":168361,"date":"2024-04-04T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/black-stars-drop-to-68th-globally-maintain-14th-position-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:03:54","slug":"black-stars-drop-to-68th-globally-maintain-14th-position-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/black-stars-drop-to-68th-globally-maintain-14th-position-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars drop to 68th globally, maintain 14th position in Africa \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana has suffered another drop in the latest FIFA World Rankings following their recent games during the March international break.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars faced Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles and the Cranes of Uganda during last month\u2019s break losing the first game game before settling for a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, who previously occupied the 67th position on the global rankings, have now dropped to 68th on the log following the two games.<\/p>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates is the country to have moved above Ghana in the global rankings.<\/p>\n<p>They, however, maintain their position on the African continent despite a run of seven games without a win. The Black Stars dropped to the 14th position on the CAF rankings in the previous release.<\/p>\n<p>The top 15 teams on the continent remain unchanged with Morocco, Senegal and Nigeria occupying the first three spots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a>Lawrence Degraft Baidoo<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has suffered another drop in the latest FIFA World Rankings following their recent games during the March international break. The Black Stars faced Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles and the Cranes of Uganda during last month\u2019s break losing the first game game before settling for a 2-2 draw. 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