{"id":416439,"date":"2025-10-11T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/10\/11\/black-stars-must-punish-comoros-on-sunday-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:01:02","slug":"black-stars-must-punish-comoros-on-sunday-nii-lante-vanderpuye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/10\/11\/black-stars-must-punish-comoros-on-sunday-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars must punish Comoros on Sunday \u2013 Nii Lante Vanderpuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/939\/93973330.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the former Minister of Sports and Recreation\" title=\"Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the former Minister of Sports and Recreation\" width=\"295\" height=\"174\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the former Minister of Sports and Recreation<\/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\">Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has charged the Black Stars to punish Comoros on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will host Comoros in their final game of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have lost twice against Comoros. Ghana suffered elimination after losing to Comoros during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament before losing again in the Matchday 2 fixture of the World Cup qualifiers in Moroni.<\/p>\n<p>With Ghana needing just a point to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, Vanderpuye has urged the team to seek revenge against Comoros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst Comoros, we have qualified already. Even if we lose, Madagascar would need to win by eight goals to overtake us, which is practically impossible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we should still win against Comoros because of the painful defeat we suffered in the past. We have to prove to them that we are Ghana,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off for the game is scheduled for 19:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>Having featured in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022 World Cups in Germany, South Africa, Brazil, and Qatar, respectively, the Black Stars are determined to make a fifth appearance on football\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the former Minister of Sports and Recreation Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has charged the Black Stars to punish Comoros on Sunday. Ghana will host Comoros in their final game of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Black Stars have lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black Stars must punish Comoros on Sunday \u2013 Nii Lante Vanderpuye - 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\/2025\/10\/11\/black-stars-must-punish-comoros-on-sunday-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Stars must punish Comoros on Sunday \u2013 Nii Lante Vanderpuye - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the former Minister of Sports and Recreation Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has charged the Black Stars to punish Comoros on Sunday. 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