Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Appiah sure of Black Stars

As CIV makes U-turn on Sierra Leone
Ghana Black Stars Coach, Kwesi Appiah is confident his side will get things right when they face Cranes of Uganda this weekend in Kumasi in the Morocco 2015 AFCON qualifier.
The Black Stars host a Cranes side that has not been to the Africa Cup for over 35 years, but declared that they were unfazed about their visit to Kumasi and were looking forward to the match at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Meanwhile Ivory Coast will play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in Abidjan on Saturday after the government made a late U-turn.
The Ivorian government had initially ruled the game could not be played in the country because of fears over the outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is one of six African nations with cases of the virus and had banned football in its own country.
Ivory Coast has been concerned Ebola could be imported by visitors.
In an attempt to prevent Ebola getting into Ivory Coast, the government ruled that it would not be hosting any international sporting events.
But since the ban, it had allowed a Confederation Cup match and African U-20 Championship qualifier to be played in Ivory Coast.
And it had now made another exception for the Nations Cup qualifier.
To minimise the risk of spreading the virus, Sierra Leone named a squad of players based outside the country and given assurances that the coaching staff would be screened before travelling.
Last week Ivory Coast said they were looking at neutral venues or even the possibility of forfeiting the match.
However, the Confederation of African Football had said that if Ivory Coast had forfeited the match they would have been disqualified from the Nations Cup qualifying campaign.
DR Congo and Cameroon are the other two teams in Group D.

Appiah sure of Black Stars

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