{"id":251831,"date":"2024-11-16T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T08:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-remain-winless-after-five-games\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T08:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T08:41:44","slug":"black-stars-remain-winless-after-five-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-remain-winless-after-five-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars remain winless after five games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/534\/53488162.295.jpg\" alt=\"The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory\" title=\"The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory<\/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 id=\"article-123\">Ghana\u2019s hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations were officially dashed on Friday night, as the Black Stars\u2019 winless run continued with a 1-1 draw against Angola at the 11th November Stadium in Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory, recording three draws and two defeats in the qualifiers and scoring just two goals.<\/p>\n<p>The result confirmed that Ghana will not feature in next year\u2019s tournament, as they remain bottom of Group F with only three points from five matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars needed a win against Angola and also required a victory in their final game against Niger on Monday at the Accra Sports Stadium, following a shock 4-0 win for Niger over Sudan. The Nigeriens\u2019 dominant performance meant that Ghana\u2019s slim hopes of qualification were extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>With no chance of progress, the match against Niger now holds no significance for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time in 21 years that Ghana will miss the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory Ghana\u2019s hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations were officially dashed on Friday night, as the Black Stars\u2019 winless run continued with a 1-1 draw against Angola at the 11th November Stadium in Luanda. The four-time AFCON champions have now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black Stars remain winless after five games - 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\/11\/16\/black-stars-remain-winless-after-five-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Stars remain winless after five games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The four-time AFCON champions have now gone five games without a victory Ghana\u2019s hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations were officially dashed on Friday night, as the Black Stars\u2019 winless run continued with a 1-1 draw against Angola at the 11th November Stadium in Luanda. 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