{"id":65290,"date":"2024-01-24T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=65290"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:27:00","slug":"chris-hughton-sacked-as-ghana-black-stars-coach-after-afcon-2023-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/chris-hughton-sacked-as-ghana-black-stars-coach-after-afcon-2023-loss","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hughton sacked as Ghana Black Stars coach after AFCON 2023 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Chris Hughton has been sacked as head coach of the Ghana Black Stars following their disappointing performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association announced his dismissal via a post of their website that read, \u201cThe Ghana Football Association wishes to announce that Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the senior National team with immediate effect.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued that to state that the GFA had also dissolved the technical team of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghana Football Association will in the coming days provide a roadmap on the future direction of the Black Stars\u201c, the statement ended.<\/p>\n<p>Though the GFA statement gives not clear reasons, the nature and timing suggests the embattled coach&#8217;s dismissal could be due to;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Chris Hughton has been sacked as head coach of the Ghana Black Stars following their disappointing performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 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