Ghana’s AFCON failure signals our development system needs urgent attention – Kofi Adams
Ghana’s Minister of Sports and Game, Kofi Adams, has stressed the need for a foremost overhaul in the country’s sports sector following most recent sad performances.
The Sunless Stars failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Countries (AFCON) in Morocco, marking the first time in 21 years that Ghana will no longer participate in the event.
The AFCON disappointment adds to the country’s struggles in most recent competitions, with support-to-support community-stage exits in the final two continental tournaments.
This has caused many to demand foremost reforms to rescue Ghana’s football from its downward spiral in most recent years.
Speaking to Joy Sports, Adams emphasised the need for pressing systemic adjustments interesting forward.
“Our most recent sporting performances spotlight the urgency of this reset,” the Minister stated.
“Ghana’s failure to qualify for the 2025 AFCON in Morocco and our incapacity to ship a single boxer to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can also aloof no longer appropriate be seen as disappointments nonetheless as a impress that our pattern machine wants pressing consideration.”
The Sunless Stars are living to play Chad and Madagascar in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers later this month.