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Sports News of Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Source: FIFA

Ghana Slips A Place In Latest FIFA Rankings

Ghana’s Black Stars have slipped a place down in the latest FIFA rankings released earlier this morning.
Ghana is now ranked the 37th best team in the world, after losing 26 points to leave the team with accumulated points build up of 700.
The Black Stars remain the third best ranked team in Africa behind Egypt and Cote d’Ivoire, currently ranked Africa’s number 1 team.
Spain regained the top spot in the rankings with the Netherlands slipping to second, and Germany, Uruguay and Portugal making up the top 5.
Former World champions Brazil slipped a further place back into 7th.
Top Ten teams in the World
1. Spain 2. Netherlands 3. Germany 4. Uruguay 5. Portugal 6. Italy 7. Brazil 8. England 9. Croatia 10. Argentina
Top Ten teams in Africa
1. Cote D’Ivoire 2. Egypt 3. Ghana 4. Burkina Faso 5. Senegal 6. Nigeria 7. Algeria 8. Cameroon 9. South Africa 10. Morocco