Ghana's Amputee football team arrives

Accra, Feb 16, GNA - The victorious national amputee football team will arrive in Accra on Friday, February 16, from Sierra Leone, where it won the maiden edition of the All African Amputee Football Championship.

The Ghanaians beat Liberia 4-3 in the final of the four 96 team tourney which also included the host Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Angola. The team started the tournament on a bad note when they lost 0-3 to the host country but eventually clinched the Gold medal. A statement signed by Hamah Hamid Issaka, Head of Public Relations of the National Sports Council (NSC) on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports appealed to all supporting groups to give the team a rousing welcome for 91selling' Ghana once again with their splendid performance.

The statement urged the media and the sporting public especially the national Supporters Unions to give the team a befitting welcome that is worthy of champions.

The NSC said that the victory which comes barely a week after the 4-1 demolishing of the Super Eagles of Nigeria by the Black Stars sets Ghana's 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations on a good note. The team would represent Africa at the World Amputee Football Championships to be held in Turkey in July this year.