{"id":54133,"date":"2023-09-14T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=54133"},"modified":"2023-09-15T07:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:53:07","slug":"legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","title":{"rendered":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 26-year-old goalkeeper passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, after battling illness over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

In a club statement, Legon Cities said that they were devastated by the death of their key player and expressed their condolences to the bereaved family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we sadly announce the passing of our goalkeeper, Sylvester Sackey.<\/p>\n

\u201cSackey has been with us the last four seasons and was our first-choice goalkeeper for a greater part of the last two seasons. His demise is a big blow to everyone associated with the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts and thoughts are with the bereaved family at this very difficult time.The club is in touch with the family of Sylvester and would communicate our next course of action in the coming days,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-year-old goalkeeper passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, after battling illness over the past few weeks. In a club statement, Legon Cities said that they were devastated by the death of their key player and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-54133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nLegon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\",\"name\":\"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey - Ghana","description":"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey","og_description":"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey","datePublished":"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey"},"wordCount":166,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ghana","ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey","name":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-14T15:52:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-15T07:53:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have announced the passing of their goalkeeper Sylvester Sackey. The 26-y ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/sm_1694691638.29198.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/legon-cities-mourn-26-year-old-goalkeeper-sackey#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legon Cities mourn 26-year-old goalkeeper Sackey"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}