Ghana’s Black Queens head coach, Mercy Quarcoo-Tagoe, has called for the immediate postponement of this year’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) to be staged in the Republic of Congo.

According to her, numerous countries around the world are still yet to recover from the full effects of the deadly coronavirus, which has decimated lives all around the world and brought lots of activities to major halt hence the need to truncate the Afcon Women’s tournament and reschedule it to a later date.

“Looking at how the world has suffered from the pandemic it will be difficult to hold the AWCON. My girls are psychologically shaken by the pandemic and the situation keeps getting worse”

“If we can wait and have the tournament next year to protect the players from contracting the virus, I am for that.”she told Happy FM.

Meanwhile CAF has postponed major competitions around on the continent in efforts to help mitigate the widespread of the coronavirus, whiles government’s are also putting in measures to ease earlier restrictions.

The Total  African Women’s Championship is organized every two years for female footballers all around African.

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Ghana kicked off their campaign in the Turkish Women’s Cup 2020 with defeat to Chile Wednesday afternoon.

The Black Queens held their own in the opening half but succumbed to three goals without reply in the second 45 minutes.

Chile scored their goals in the 54^th, 57^th and 70^th minutes in the Group B opener at Starlight Sports Complex.

Head Coach Mercy Quarcoo-Tagoe’s side will return to duty against Northern Ireland B on Saturday, March 7. Kickoff is at 15:00 GMT.

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A brace from Gladys Amfobea and Evelyn Badu did the magic as the Black Queens registered a commanding victory.

Amfobea opened the scoring in the 29th minute before adding her second goal 8th minutes later through a penalty kick. The first half ended 2-0.

Hasaacas Ladies midfielder Evelyn Badu scored seven minutes into the second half to stretch the lead for her side.

Togo grabbed one goal in the 87th minute through Adinda Akpo before Evelyn Badu completed her brace with a 90th-minute strike to seal the victory for the Black Queens.

The game serves a preparatory game for the Black Queens as they will face Kenya in the third round of the African qualifiers to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s football tournament.

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The return leg of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers between Ghana and Gabon will take place in Ghana at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The Black Queens find themselves in a commanding position after securing a 3-0 win in the first leg in Libreville.

The return leg was scheduled for the Cape Coast Stadium but it has now been changed to the Accra Sports Stadium.

Coach Mercy Tago is maintaining the 18 players she traveled with to Libreville for the second leg in Accra.

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According to one of the members of the Normalization Committee Naa Odofoley Nortey, the search for a new Black Queens coach has begun after Bashiru Hayford left his post.

Bashiru Hayford who lead the Black Queens in the AWCON 2018 resigned from his post after he accepted an offer to become the new Head coach of the Somalia National team.

Confirming this in an interview with Happy FM Naa Odofoley said: “As for now, no one has been appointed as the Black Queens head coach. But I am sure in the coming weeks an announcement will be made”

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They have equally made history as David Accam is the first Ghanaian footballer to marry his fellow female professional. The Traditional ceremony was held in Cape Coast where the both families witnessed the historic day.

FIFA Rankings: Ghana No.6 in Africa

Dadson plays for the Gulf Coast Texans in the United States and has represented Ghana at every level as a female international.

The white wedding is reportedly to be conducted by March this year.

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The coach was speaking following the premature exit of the queens from the AWCON 2018 which Ghana were expected to host and win.

We Are Prepared To Host And Win AWCON – Coach Bashir Hayford

“I don’t think so, I don’t I have done anything that I should resign”, he said. “If I have committed any blunder, yes I will willingly. My job is to come and coach them, play tournament”, he added.

“I don’t think if you take 32 teams to World Cup, 31 will resign, because only one person will win. I don’t think that is the issue”.

Black Queens Get Huge Donation From Ghana’s Speaker Of Parliament Ahead of AWCON

The Black Queens crashed of the tournament with four points after failing to beat Mali in their second game and drawing with Cameroon in their last game. They had started with a win over Algeria on opening day.

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Events didn’t go as planned for the Black Queens as they were hoping to beat Cameroon and also hoping Algeria beat Mali to help them sneak to the next round.

AWCON 2018: “If Ghana Wanted To Set Fire To Tournament They Wouldn’t Have Waited Till 3rd Game”

Ghana opened the scoring through Portia Boakye and Cameroon pegged them back immediately after Christine scored from the spot after the Ghanaian goalkeeper Yaa Asantewaa made and unnecessary tackle that proved costly in the end.

AWCON 2018 : “We Believe In You”, Black Queens Encouraged Ahead Of Cameroon Clash

The Black Queens will be disappointed with their performance in the competition. Cameroon are through to the next stage and will be delighted with the performance they’ve put out in the competition.

Mali also join Cameroon in the semis after beating Algeria 3-2

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He was speaking at the press conference ahead of Ghana’s all important clash with Cameroon which could decide who goes through from the group.

Black Queens Get Huge Donation From Ghana’s Speaker Of Parliament Ahead of AWCON

“If Ghana wanted to set the tournament on fire they would not wait for the third game to do that”,  he said

Black Queens coach also acknowledged the enormity of the task at hand but said his team was ready for it and hopefully would overcome it.

AWCON 2018 : “We Believe In You”, Black Queens Encouraged Ahead Of Cameroon Clash

The Black Queens and Indomitable Lionesses will square off on Friday at the Accra Sports Stadium for this all important clash.

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