Ghana's media hail Stars victory

Ghanaian daily newspapers and radio stations on Sunday and Monday hailed the national team, the Black Stars for their 2-0 victory over their Sudanese counterparts, the Desert Hawks that ensured their qualification for the World Cup in South Africa.

The GNA Sports sample of the media on Monday saw Ghana's biggest selling newspaper, the Daily Graphic with its front page headline describing the game "We're No. 1! Black Stars, first Africans to reach 2010 World Cup" with the back page headlined 'Stars 1st to qualify'.

"Fantastic" . Ghana for World Cup" was the headline of The Ghanaian Times newspaper, Ghana's most authoritative newspaper that reported of a tumultuous piece of carnival engulfed the capital Accra on Sunday when the Stars became the first African country to book a spot in next year's World Cup.

Two phenomenal strikes by Sulley Ali Muntari and Michael Essien in each half of the game ensured Ghana became the first in Africa to sail through to the World Cup after title chasers Mali managed only a 1-1 draw with Benin in Group D.

Daily Guide headlined its news "Stars are there" while the New Crusading Guide's sports section described the match as "Stars romp home with victory - as they leap to South Africa" with The Mail following up with its heading "South Africa solo - Here we come. Essein and Muntari take us there".

Most of the Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio stations such as Peace, Unique, Adom, Asempa, Happy, Joy, Top, Hot and Choice gave live broadcast of the match while the regional FM stations such as Diamond, Filla, Skyy, Shaft, URA Radio, Luv, Boss, Angle, Kessben and Fox added to the excitement as they relayed the match to the partisan football fans across the length and breath of the country who were unable to be at the stadium or watch the match live on television.