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Players of <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/football/were-the-monkeys-so-no-one-respects-afcon-patrice-evra-on-ballon-dor-positions/szyrlet">Ghana’s amputee national team</a> have been left stranded in Tanzania after winning the 2021 Cup of African Nations for Amputee Football

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Emmanuel Ayamga

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<p>The Black Challenge impressively beat Liberia 3-2 in the final to win the tournament, which was hosted by Tanzania.</p>

<p>Ghana completely dominated the tournament and defeated Egypt, Nigeria, and Angola on their way to being crowned champions.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fi" dir="ltr">GHANA 🇬🇭 <br><br>Champions 🏆 of the 2021 Amputee African Cup of Nations (CANAF), Tanzania <br><br>Groups<br><br>Ghana 🇬🇭 3-0 Egypt 🇪🇬 <br>Nigeria 🇳🇬 0-4 Ghana 🇬🇭 <br><br>QF: Ghana 2-0 Kenya 🇰🇪<br><br>Semi Final: Ghana 3-1 Angola 🇦🇴 <br><br>Final Togo 🇹🇬 2-3 Ghana 🇬🇭 <a href="https://t.co/dkhqurEMak">pic.twitter.com/dkhqurEMak</a></p>&mdash; Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaddickAdams/status/1467227634992136203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>In the aftermath of the game, the captain of the team, Richard Opentil, said they did not have money to buy tickets to return to Ghana.</p>

<p>He, therefore, appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to come to their rescue in order to facilitate their return home.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">URGENT<br><br>The victorious Ghana Amputee Team in Tanzania tells me they have no money to buy tickets to fly home. <br><br>Wants Ghanaians and authorities to help fly the trophy to Prez <a href="https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NAkufoAddo</a>. RT pls <a href="https://t.co/rqWxcBNGUP">pic.twitter.com/rqWxcBNGUP</a></p>&mdash; Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaddickAdams/status/1467286295961604099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p><em>“We don’t have money to buy tickets to return to Ghana from Tanzania and we need to deliver the trophy that we won the President Akufo-Addo, please help us,”</em> the skipper said in a viral video.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, the Ministry of Youth and Sports says it has begun arrangements to get the team safely back to Ghana.</p>

<p>In a statement, the Ministry congratulated the Black Challenge but stated that the Ghana National Amputee Football Association failed to inform the Ministry about the tournament in Tanzania.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ministry of Sports Statement on Ghana Amputee Team.<br><br>Gov&#39;t has contacted team and facilitating their flight back to Accra<br><br>Ministry wasn&#39;t formally informed of the team&#39;s participation in the CANAF<br><br>Ministry promises to as a matter of urgency, resolve all outstanding issues <a href="https://t.co/YzQmLLp0Tg">pic.twitter.com/YzQmLLp0Tg</a></p>&mdash; Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaddickAdams/status/1467566226356461573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>The statement further directed the National Sports Authority to look into the international wrangling at the Amputee Football Association to ensure that such poor travel arrangement never repeats itself. </p>

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