{"id":228911,"date":"2024-10-09T14:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/jordan-leads-stars-against-sudan\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:59:27","slug":"jordan-leads-stars-against-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/jordan-leads-stars-against-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Leads Stars Against Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jordan Ayew<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leicester City forward, Jordan Ayew, has stepped up to captain the Black Stars in their doubleheader against Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>His new role comes in the wake of Thomas Partey\u2019s fitness concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal man, initially named in coach Otto Addo\u2019s 25-man squad, has withdrawn from the qualifiers alongside Joseph Paintsil, Ibrahim Osman, and Kingsley Schindler due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow\u2019s game offers the Black Stars yet another opportunity to secure their place in AFCON 2025, after a shaky start of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The team is yet to win a game in the qualifiers, having suffered a 1-0 defeat to Angola at the Baba Yara Stadium, and drew 1-1 against Niger in their second match.<\/p>\n<p>The former Crystal Palace attacker is expected to bring his rich experience to bear on the team for the possible six points.<\/p>\n<p>The well-cut pitch of the Accra Stadium will host the first leg tomorrow and followed by the return leg on October 14 at the Martyrs of February Stadium in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Ayew \u00a0 Leicester City forward, Jordan Ayew, has stepped up to captain the Black Stars in their doubleheader against Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. 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The Arsenal man, initially named in coach Otto Addo\u2019s 25-man squad, has withdrawn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jordan Leads Stars Against Sudan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/jordan-leads-stars-against-sudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jordan Leads Stars Against Sudan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jordan Ayew \u00a0 Leicester City forward, Jordan Ayew, has stepped up to captain the Black Stars in their doubleheader against Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. 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