{"id":90070,"date":"2015-02-09T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=90070"},"modified":"2015-02-09T18:26:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T18:26:58","slug":"black-stars-receive-rousing-welcome-despite-afcon-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=90070","title":{"rendered":"[Photos]: Black Stars receive rousing welcome despite AFCON defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of football fans turned up at the Kotoka International Airport to receive the Black Stars, after they narrowly missed the opportunity to lift the Africa Cup of Nations trophy after 33 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90060\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BOYE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90060 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BOYE.jpg\" alt=\"BOYE\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Boye in the handshake, Harrison Afful ahead of him<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90057\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SMALL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90057 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SMALL.jpg\" alt=\"SMALL\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striker Jordan Ayew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90064\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GOALIE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90064 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GOALIE.jpg\" alt=\"GOALIE\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goalkeeper Razak Brimah and striker Mahatma Otoo behind him<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90067\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GYAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90067 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GYAN.jpg\" alt=\"GYAN\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Asamoah Gyan shaking the hands of the Sports Minister (Mahama Ayariga). 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VEEP Amissah Arthur looking on with a smile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GROUP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90066\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GROUP.jpg\" alt=\"GROUP\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90050\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JONATHAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90050 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JONATHAN.jpg\" alt=\"JONATHAN\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defender Jonathan Mensah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90051\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90051 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KP.jpg\" alt=\"KP\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striker Kwesi Appiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90052\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KWESI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90052 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KWESI.jpg\" alt=\"KWESI\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi (descedning) and coach Avram Grant behind him<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OUTSIDE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90055\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OUTSIDE.jpg\" alt=\"OUTSIDE\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90065\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GRANT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90065 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GRANT.jpg\" alt=\"GRANT\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars coach Avram Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godfred Odoom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of football fans turned up at the Kotoka International Airport to receive the Black Stars, after they narrowly missed the opportunity to lift the Africa Cup of Nations trophy after 33 years. &nbsp; 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