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AAFCON 2024 EGYPT: Black Challenge players leave for Egypt to defend title

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The Black Challenge left Ghana for Egypt in grand style ahead of the start of the 2024 Africa Amputee Cup of Nations (AAFCON).

This morning, the team embarked on an exciting journey, leaving Accra and jetting off to Egypt, where the tournament awaits them.

All 25 players and the technical team donned the appropriate Accra2023 African Games attire for the departure through Africa World Airlines on transit in Lagos, Nigeria.

The Accra2023 1st African Para Games champions left with greater confidence in their ability to defend the trophy and qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Coach Stephen Richard Obeng’s boys wrapped their pre-tournament camping trip in Accra on Friday.

Ghana are drawn in Group C alongside Kenya, Gambia, and Algeria, and will face Gambia in their opener on Sunday, May 19th 2024 at 21:30 hours.

The contingent: RAZAK SEIDU, ATSU ABOR, RAYMOND FRIMPONG, RICHARD ARTHUR OPENTIL, EMMANUEL ALLOTEY, SAMPSON LARBI SARFO, TIMOTHY HAYFORD, MOHAMMED MUBARAK, WILLAM BROWN, FUSEINI IDDI, CEPHAS ANUM, HAMZA MOHAMMED, YUSSIF YAHAYA, RICHARD EKWAM, ISAAC KWABENA ESHUN, HUZAIR MOHAMMED HARMIS, ALI JARRA, STEPHEN RICHARD OBENG, ABDALLA SAMBIAN BAWA, JAMES KALLY, EMMANUEL AKPABLI, SAMUEL OBENG ANSAH, and ABDUL-BASIT IMORO (administrative officer) Ghana Paralympic Committee.

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