Black Metoers – SportsInGhana https://sig.sportsinghana.com ...delivering the best of Ghana sports news Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:22:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://sig.sportsinghana.com/sig/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-sports-in-ghana-favicon-32x32.png Black Metoers – SportsInGhana https://sig.sportsinghana.com 32 32 Black Maidens open camp ahead of U-17 World Cup qualifier https://sig.sportsinghana.com/2026/03/black-maidens-open-camp-ahead-of-u-17-world-cup-qualifier/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:19:15 +0000 https://sportsinghana.com/?p=47494 Head Coach of the Black Maidens, Joe Nana Adarkwa has called up a preliminary squad of thirty (30) to resume camping in Prampram as the team prepares to participate in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

The Black Maidens are making a return to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier after some years of absence.

The first leg of the qualifiers will be honoured between April 10-12, 2026 in Lome, Togo with the return scheduled to take play in Ghana a week later.

The players are to report to the GFA technical center in Prampram on Tuesday, March 10, 2024.

The U-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be host in Morocco later in the year.

Below is the full list of players:

Credit: Ghana FA

]]> Black Meteors whip Egyptian giants Zamalek in pre-AFCON friendly https://sig.sportsinghana.com/2023/06/black-meteors-whip-egyptian-giants-zamalek-in-pre-afcon-friendly/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:24:44 +0000 https://sportsinghana.com/?p=27007 Ghana’s U23 side, the Black Meteors have blown off Egyptian giants Zamalek in a friendly match on Tuesday afternoon as part of their preparation for the u23 AFCON.

A stupendous first half performance gave the Meteors a massive leap in the game with all five goals in the game coming off before the break.

A hat trick from Emmanuel Yeboah and a 43rd minute strike from Emmanuel Apau showed how powerful the name Emmanuel will be for Ghana at the AFCON tournament.

Yeboah’s quest to first Ghana in front was successful in the 11th minute of the game when he broke the virginity of the game to set up a blistering start for the Meteors.

The Egyptian knights fought back to level the score just 5 minutes after Yeboah’s opener.

But the unstoppable CFR Cluj forward restored the lead for Ghana on the 25th minute mark with another brilliant finish.

As if that was not enough, Yeboah fired Ghana into a 2-goal lead by finishing his hat trick with 4 minutes to the break.

The dejected Zamalek side had no answers to Ghana’s attacking firepower as Apau added the fourth for Ghana with 2 minutes to draw the curtain on the first half.

The second half proved difficult for Ghana to get the back of the net again as the Zamalek side look to have provided cover for their porous defending.

Ghana managed the second half of the game avoiding any goal from Zamalek to finish the game with the 4-1 lead.

The game is the second for the Meteors in their build up to the U23 AFCON to be played in Morocco later this month.

Ghana had earlier crossed swords with the Egyptian U23 side in a game that ended in a 1-1 stalemate on Thursday.

The Meteors are expected to wrap up their preparations for the tournament and depart for Morocco in the coming days.

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]]> TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations Draw: Meteors to know group opponents on Friday https://sig.sportsinghana.com/2023/05/totalenergies-u23-africa-cup-of-nations-draw-meteors-to-know-group-opponents-on-friday/ Thu, 04 May 2023 15:11:34 +0000 https://sportsinghana.com/?p=26390

You can watch on CAF’s official digital pages and also a number of broadcast partners the official draw for the TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2023 on Friday, 05 May 2023 at 17h00 local time (16 GMT).

The draw will be conducted at the awe-striking Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Rabat, Morocco. The Centre is one of the most iconic sporting facilities in African football.

The draw will be live on CAFONLINE.COM and CAFTV (YouTube).

Eight teams will participate in the tournament scheduled from 24 June to 08 July 2023 in Morocco.

The TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2023 used as a qualifier for the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 will feature host Morocco, Egypt, Niger, Guinea, Congo, Ghana, Mali and Gabon.

Teams Facts

Morocco

  • Hosts for a second time were runners up to Gabon the last time they were the hosts in 2011.
  • This will be their second appearance at the tournament along with 2011, when they were the tournaments inaugural hosts.
  • Morocco won their opening two games at the 2011 edition defeating Nigeria and Algeria 1-0, despite a loss to Senegal in their final group game, they progressed to the last four defeating Egypt but lost in the final to Gabon.

Egypt

  • Competing in their fourth finals, have qualified for every edition since 2011.
  • Defending champions having won the 2019 edition on home soil. Won all five games in 2019 in open play defeating Cote d’ Ivoire 2-1 in the final.
  • Have the distinction of being the only nation to have qualified for every edition of the tournament.
  • Third place finishers when Morocco last hosts in 2011.

Gabon

  • Winners of the 2011 edition of the tournament.
  • Return for a second time after missing out in 2015 and 2019.
  • First winners of this tournament defeated hosts Morocco 3-1 in the final in 2011.

Ghana

  • Making their second appearance at the tournament after 2019.
  • Finished fourth in their only previous tournament appearance in 2019.
  • Lost both their knockout games in 2019 on penalties to Cote d’ Ivoire in the Semi-finals and South Africa in the play-off for third.

Mali

  • Coming into their third finals.
  • Eliminated in the group stages in both their previous tournament appearances in 2015 and 2019.
  • Left Egypt 2019 winless will be looking to improve this time around and reach the knockout stage for the first time.

Congo

  • Making their tournament debut.
  • Overcame South Africa in the final round of qualifying, progressing on away goals after drawing the first leg away from home 1-1 and the second 0-0.
  • Are the third different team from the UNIFFAC region to have ever made the finals along with Cameroon and Gabon.

Guinea

  • Making their tournament debut.
  • Shocked Nigeria in the qualifiers with a 0-0 away draw in Abuja in the first leg of the third round, followed it up with a 2-0 win in the second leg played in Rabat.
  • Them and Niger become the 6th and 7th teams from the WAFU Zone to qualify for the tournament.

Niger

  • Making their tournament debut.
  • Defeated Guinea Bissau in the first round of qualifying and shocked Cote d’ Ivoire in the second round with a 1-1 away draw after a 0-0 home draw to set up a third-round meeting against Sudan who they defeated 2-1 on aggregate.

Credit: CAF Communication Department

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