{"id":42988,"date":"2025-03-03T20:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42988"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:16:30","slug":"gfa-president-leads-black-stars-technical-team-to-sports-minister-kofi-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gfa-president-leads-black-stars-technical-team-to-sports-minister-kofi-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA President leads Black Stars technical team to Sports Minister Kofi Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana Football Association President, Kurt Okraku led the newly constituted Black Stars technical team to pay a visit to the Sports Minister, Hon. Kofi Adams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; 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>The meeting was geared at welcoming the Sports Minister and introducing the newly constituted Black Stars technical team to him.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42987\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/blackstars-technical-team-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BlackStars Technical Team 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?fit=788%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-42987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?resize=605%2C403\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-2.jpg?w=2364 2364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Club Friendly : Nations FC gun down Black Satellites\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/club-friendly-nations-fc-gun-down-black-satellites\/\">Club Friendly : Hearts of Oak lose to Legon Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GFA President Kurt Okraku introduced the members, Head Coach Otto Addo, Assistant coach Desmond Ofei and GFA Director of Football and Black Stars Technical Advisor, Winfried Schafer.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/blackstars-technical-team-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BlackStars Technical Team 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?fit=788%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-42985 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?resize=572%2C381\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-4.jpg?w=2364 2364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The President will hope his outfit and the new government will work in unity to push Ghana football to greater heights for the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Club Friendly : Hearts of Oak lose to Legon Cities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/club-friendly-hearts-of-oak-lose-to-legon-cities\/\">Club Friendly : Hearts of Oak lose to Legon Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Black Stars will play a double World Cup qualifying headers against Chad at the Accra Sports Stadium on March 17 and Madagascar in Morocco three days later.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Football Association President, Kurt Okraku led the newly constituted Black Stars technical team to pay a visit to the Sports Minister, Hon. Kofi Adams. &nbsp; The meeting was geared at welcoming the Sports Minister and introducing the newly constituted Black Stars technical team to him. &nbsp; READ MORE :\u00a0Club Friendly : Hearts of Oak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42984,"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":[8417,14057],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BlackStars-Technical-Team-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bbm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42876,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/kofi-adams-warns-against-black-stars-failure\/","url_meta":{"origin":42988,"position":0},"title":"Kofi Adams warns against Black Stars failure","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"February 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams has forewarned that Black Stars' failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament should not be repeated again. \u00a0 Ghana failed to make it to the AFCON 2025 for the first time in two decades prompting lots of disappointment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AFCON 2025&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AFCON 2025","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/afcon-2025\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kofi-Adams.png?fit=920%2C611&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kofi-Adams.png?fit=920%2C611&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kofi-Adams.png?fit=920%2C611&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kofi-Adams.png?fit=920%2C611&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42965,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/there-will-be-no-secrecy-president-mahama-on-blackstars-budget\/","url_meta":{"origin":42988,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;There will be no secrecy&#8221; &#8211; President Mahama on BlackStars budget","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"February 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"President H.E. 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