When Politics Met Football: How 1981 coup d'état saved Ghana's AFCON dreams

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  • Johnny,Oyarifa -Madina 1 month ago

    That 1982 Black Stars team were fully prepared by late Hen I.K. Acheampong b4 Dr Hilla Liman and KJ Rawlings came to power.To be framk both did not play any role in the team's preparation. It was a coincidence that they nearl ...
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  • Paa Pee 1 month ago

    The Black Star were selected during the Kotoko-Hassacas match in Sekondi a few days after the 31st December coup. With only two weeks to go CK Gyamfi selected players form those two teams and added George Alhassan the Goal-Ki ...
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  • Dauda 1 month ago

    IT IS TRUE, BUT THE BOYS WERE GIVEN NOTHING .TODAY, MANY OF THOSE BLACK STARS PLAYERS ARE ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AWARDED FOR THEIR SACRIFICE...

  • BOY KOFI 1 month ago

    Yes,there was some political twist but we should give the credit to Col.Gadaffi the late Libyan President.
    Col.Gadaffi sponsored the Black Stars to take part in the tournament because he had some good contact with Rawlings a ...
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  • Yaw 1 month ago

    THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN YOUR STORY, HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT RAWLINGS' PNDC GOVT. HAD NOT INTENDED TO ALLOW OUR PARTICIPATION CLAIMING THAT THERE WERE NO FUNDS(BLAMING THE LIMANN GOVT. OF ECONOMIC IRRESPONSIB ...
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  • Metal Breaker 1 month ago

    It tells us how a speaker of parliament can praise an illegal government. Is that how far we have come to?