Soccer News of Tuesday, 26 July 2005
Source: JoyOnline
...Boakye gets Black Stars call up
The senior national team, the Black Stars, will play Senegal in an international friendly game next month.
The Teranga Lions are choice replacement for the Ivory Coast who pulled out of the planned game a few weeks ago.
The match will serve as a good preparatory exercise for the Black Stars ahead of September?s world cup qualifier with Uganda.
A management member of the Ghana Football Association, Fred Pappoe, told Joy Sports, the federation found Senegal more credible challenge for the Stars.
The match is expected to be played in England with Fulham's Craven Cottage the most likely venue.
Ghana?s prearranged international friendly against Elephants of Ivory Coast hit a snag after the host nation - France confirmed that they would be playing the Ivory Coast on August 17 instead of Senegal.
The French Football Federation had agreed that the Black Stars could play the Elephants in France on the same day.