{"id":62791,"date":"2023-12-21T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=62791"},"modified":"2023-12-21T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:15:44","slug":"black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Black Stars as they journey towards the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament next year. <\/b><\/p>\n

The senior national team, after failing to live up to expectations in the last edition of the continental party, is poised to give off their best to end Ghana\u2019s over 40-year trophy drought.<\/p>\n

Mr. Okraku speaking in an interview with the GNA Sports said \u201d Indeed at the last outing, it did not go well. Everybody in Ghana saw what happened so we are looking forward to having a much better time at the AFCON.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for us, it is happening just next door to us and we call on all Ghanaians to be supportive of the Black Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it was important for Ghanaians to throw their weight behind the team despite the recent dip in form as it would go a long way to motivate the players and Technical staff.<\/p>\n

Ghana is caged in Group B with Egypt, Cape Verde and Mozambique in the AFCON tournament.<\/p>\n

The 2023 AFCON tournament is scheduled for 13th January,2024 to 11th February,2024.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Black Stars as they journey towards the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament next year. The senior national team, after failing to live up to expectations in the last edition of the continental party, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":62790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-62791","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":"\nBlack Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...\" \/>\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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\" \/>\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=\"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"636\" \/>\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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\",\"name\":\"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":636,\"caption\":\"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku\"}]},{\"@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":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku - Ghana","description":"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...","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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku","og_description":"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":636,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku","datePublished":"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku"},"wordCount":218,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.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\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku","name":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-21T17:42:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Mr. Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has urged Ghanaians to rally behind the Bl ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/12\/sm_1703166161.464374.jpg","width":1024,"height":636,"caption":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-stars-power-to-bring-afcon-cup-home-is-vested-in-ghanaians-edwin-simeon-okraku#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Black Stars\u2019 Power to bring AFCON Cup home is vested in Ghanaians \u2013 Edwin Simeon-Okraku"}]},{"@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\/62791","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=62791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}