{"id":28635,"date":"2021-02-12T21:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=28635"},"modified":"2021-02-12T21:37:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:37:56","slug":"ck-akonnor-names-32-man-home-based-players-afcon-double-header","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ck-akonnor-names-32-man-home-based-players-afcon-double-header\/","title":{"rendered":"CK Akonnor names 32-man home-based players for AFCON double-header"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>CK Akonnor names 32-man home-based players for AFCON double-header<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana coach Charles &#8220;CK&#8221; Akonnor has announced a 32-man home-based squad to kick-start preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations double-header against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe next month.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; 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text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Credit: Ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CK Akonnor names 32-man home-based players for AFCON double-header Ghana coach Charles &#8220;CK&#8221; Akonnor has announced a 32-man home-based squad to kick-start preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations double-header against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe next month.\u00a0 The Black Stars gaffer has named the top performers in the country&#8217;s Premier and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417,859],"tags":[7717,3638,862],"class_list":{"0":"post-28635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"category-ghana-premier-league","10":"tag-ck-akonnor","11":"tag-ghana-black-stars","12":"tag-ghana-premier-league"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kwame-Poku-vs-Berekum.jpg?fit=1024%2C992&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-7rR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28912,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/c-k-akonnor-names-black-stars-squad-final-round-afcon-qualifiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":28635,"position":0},"title":"C.K Akonnor names Black Stars squad for final round of AFCON qualifiers","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"March 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"C.K Akonnor names Black Stars squad for final round of AFCON qualifiers Black Stars Head Coach C. 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