The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku and some members of the Executive Council were at the Kotoka International Airport to see off the national Under 23 team, the Black Meteors for the African Under 23 Championship in Egypt.

The President was accompanied by Messrs Randy Abbey, Kingsley Osei Bonsu, and Samuel Anim Addo, and in a brief address to the team, the GFA President urged the players to go out there and dedicate themselves and prove to the world that they are indeed from Ghana.

“It’s been sixteen years since we qualified to the Olympics and you have about three or four games away from a ticket to the Olympics. We believe you can do it so believe in yourselves and do it for Ghana,” said the GFA President.

The GFA President also advised the players to listen attentively to their technical team throughout their campaign in Egypt.

A member of the GFA Executive Council, Randy Abbey, also urged the team to seize the golden opportunity presented them to make history.

“You have a chance to make history; a chance to end our long wait to the Olympics. Please go all out and make history,” Randy Abbey told the players.

source: GhanaFA

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Ghana Black Meteors Coach Ibrahim Tanko has released his final squad for the U23 Africa Cup Of Nations that will take place this month in Egypt.

Ibrahim Tanko included twelve foreign-based and nine locally-based players in his final squad for the tournament.

Three players from Asante Kotoko and two players from Hearts of Oak were included in the final squad.

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Ghana U23 Coach Ibrahim Tanko has invited 18 local players to the Black Meteors camp ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations that will be coming off this November.

The team will begin camping next week as they begin preparations ahead of the prestigious competition.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Kwame Baah, Richmond Ayi, Danlad Ibrahim

Defenders: Caleb Amankwaa, Frank Akoto, Williams Dankyi, Zakaria Fuseini, Emmanuel Cudjoe

Midfielders: Barmiah Foster, Michael Agbekpornu, Abdul Aziz Nurudeen, Nasiru Hamza, Mohamed Shiraz, Eric Abdul Razak

Attackers: Osei Owusu Evans, Kwame Poku, Eric Dupey, Adiwoh Peter Ernest

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Ghana Black Meteors coach Ibrahim Tanko has revealed that the U23 players were ‘down’ after the 1-1 draw against Algeria at the Accra Sports Stadium last week and he and his staffs had to motivate them ahead of the second leg.

Ghana U23 secured a 1-0 victory against Algeria to qualify for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday night, thanks to a solo goal from Yaw Yeboah.

Ibrahim Tanko stated that they had to psyche the players up before the game because they were ‘down’ and needed all the motivation they could get.

“It wasn’t easy after the first game as most of them were down. It took us two to three days to psyche them up and make them believe that they can beat them in their home ground,” he said.

He also stated that his team will do all they can to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

“We are doing our best to qualify the team to the Olympic games to break our absence hiatus of the Olympics”

“I learnt a lesson from the first leg and I think that accounted for the victory,” he added

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Ghana U23 team aka Black Meteors have qualified for the Africa U23 Championship after beating Algeria 1-0 away from home, thanks to Yaw Yeboah’s solo goal.

The Black Meteors have secured their ticket to the U23 Africa Championship that will take place in Egypt this November after beating Algeria 2-1 on aggregate.

Ghana will join Egypt (Host), Zambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Mali in the list of qualified teams for the U23 AFCON that will take place in November. Top three teams will qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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Ghana U23 Black Meteors secured  1-0 win against Hearts of Oak on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium as they prepare for their U23 AFCON qualifier game against Algeria.

Hearts of Oak had the first chance in the game when Arthur tried to head in Christopher Bonney’s cross but couldn’t convert the opportunity.

The first half ended 0-0 as both teams went in for the break.

Nzema Kotoko striker Akesse Akesse opened the scoring for the Black Meteors in the 67th minute after round the Hearts goalkeeper to put his side in front.

Black Meteors will face Algeria next month in their final qualifier of the U23 AFCON.

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Hearts of Oak defender Christopher Bonney dropped from Ghana U23 team, See why

The former Ghana U20 right-back has been sent home by the technical team of the Ghana U23 team for using a fake birth certificate.

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