Ghana President Akufo-Addo has announced a $350,000 cash reward for the Black Satellites team for coming out tops in the recently held Africa U-20 Cup 2021 of Nations held in Mauritania.



The president met the players, technical team, and management team in the early hours of Tuesday at the Jubilee House in Accra to officially congratulate them on their success.

The U-20 team won the trophy for the fourth time in their history following 2-0 wins over debutants Uganda on the country’s 64th birthday.

Akufo-Addo announced that each team member will receive $10,000 but in the meantime, an amount of $5,000 will be disbursed to them.

The president of the land appreciated four outstanding members coach Karim Zito, captain Daniel Afriyie, Ibrahim Danland(best goalkeeper), Fatawu Isshaku(best player) with a tune of $5,000.

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Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has reiterated his team’s readiness for the WAFU U-20 Championship opener against Nigeria on Wednesday. 

The Ghana U-20 team had to wait till Wednesday to open their campaign with a showdown against Nigeria, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Ivory Coast on Monday.

Group B is made up of three teams with the top two sides progressing to the semis, where they stand a chance to pick one of the tickets for the Africa Youth Championship in Mauritania next year.

Zito and his team watched Nigeria’s game against Ivory, and he insists they will map a strategy for the Super Falcons.

“Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire are not countries that we will look down upon,” Coach Karim Zito told footballmadeinghana.com. “We are going to watch them play, myself and all the players we will sit in one place and after the match, we’ll come together to discuss what we saw, what we feel we should do,” he continued.

“At the end of the day we will watch their weaknesses, and their strategy and where they start their buildup from…both teams [Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire]. I will divide the team into two, some will watch Nigeria and the other will watch Cote D’Ivoire and I will watch both. And then we will put our heads together and strategize for our match against Nigeria,” he concluded.

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Medeama Striker Tahiru Awudu was the hero as Ghana U20 secured a 2-1 win in their first game in the 2019 All African Games on Saturday.

The 19-year-old scored the goals in the first half to hand the West African giants the victory at the Stade Municipal El Manssouria.

The predatory striker opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a sublime finish before adding to his tally five minutes later.

Burundi got back into the game with a goal and could have shared the spoils after their second goal was disallowed.

Coach Yaw Preko’s side looked the most threatening side with Tahiru Awudu leading the lines for the Black Satellites.

The hugely-talented prodigy underlined his immense potential with an enviable work rate in Rabat to win over the fans.

Medeama defender Philip Osei marshaled the left-back with aplomb and will enter their second game with a renewed confidence.

The Black Satellites will battle Senegal in their next game on Wednesday before facing off Mali in their final Group B game on August 24.

Ghana’s XI against Burundi

Ibrahim Danlad, Phillip Osei, Haruna Abubakar, Najeed Yakubu, Ibrahim Sulley, Isaac Gyamfi, Emmanuel Toku, Kwadwo Opoku, Daniel Adjetey, Elvis Kyei Baffour and Awudu Tahiru.



Source: Medeamasc.com 

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Coach Yaw Preko has announced his final 18-man squad for the 12th edition of the All African Games that will take place this month in Morocco.

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