The Maidens beat Djibouti 10-0 in the return leg on Sunday at the Cape Coast stadium to complete the rout.

The Maidens opened the scoring in the 6^th minute through Jacqueline Owusu and doubled their tally 4 minutes later through Fuseina Mumuni.

Captain Mukarama Abdulai made it 3-0 on 13 minutes and she was on hand once again in the 22^nd minute to make it 4-0.

The Maidens continued their dominant display in the second half with Abdulai completing her hat trick four minutes after restart.

Nina Norshie made sure she was in on the scoring and grabbing the Maidens’ sixth and seventh in the 65^thand 78^th minutes respectively.

Substitute Barikisu Rahman continued the scoring spree as she was on hand in the 84^th minute to make it 8-0 to the Maidens.

Victoria Teye made sure Ghana equalled the score from the first leg when she tapped in to make it 9-0 in the 86^th minute.

Azumah Bugri completed the scoring in added time to complete an emphatic victory for the Maidens.

Ghana are joined by South Africa and Cameroon as Africa’s representatives at the World Cup with Nigeria missing out for the first time since the competition’s inception in 2008.

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Ghana defeated Gambia 7-1 on aggregate in the last round to book a place in the last round of qualifiers.

Head Coach Evans Adotey has selected 18 players for the game including Captain Mukarama Adbulai and Abigail Tutuwaa.

Here is the team flying out for the game:

1. Grace Banwaa
2. Cynthia Findib
3. Tedinah Sekyere
4. Adams Alhassan
5. Yaa Agyeiwaa
6. Nina Norshie
7. Susan Ama Duah
8. Justice Tweneboah
9. Azumah Bugre
10. Jacqueline Yeboah
11. Doris Boaduwaa
12. Fuseina Mumuni
13. Ama B. Appiah
14. Suzzy Dede Teye
15. Abigail Tutuwaa
16. Milot Pokuaa
17. Barikisu A. Rahman
18. Mukarama’s Abdulai

The Maidens have qualified for every edition of World Cup since its inception in 2008.

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The Maidens dominated the tie thanks for four goals from captain Mukarama Abdulai and one from Nina Norshie.

The result puts Ghana in a good place ahead of the second leg which will be played in two weeks.

Head coach of the team, Evans Adotey, was very pleased with the output of the team in Gambia.

“I am very proud of my team because we kept our ambitions reasonable in the aspect of securing victory. I played against a very good side although the scoreline was large. I will not underrate the Gambians ahead of the second leg.

We need to make sure we keep either keep the scoreline intact or we add to it.”

The team has since moved to Prampram to start preparations for the second leg.

The Maidens are expected to travel to Cape Coast to intensify their training sessions for the return leg which is very likely to be played at the Cape Coast Stadium.

Victory for Ghana will set up a two-legged encounter with Djibouti in February 2018 in the final round of the qualifiers.

Africa will have three representatives at the World Cup which will be played in Uruguay.

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It was a hard-fought match with limited goal scoring opportunities at either end in a blustery Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby.

USA commenced the day in top spot and needed only a draw to guarantee progression, but a point would have left the door open for France or New Zealand to leapfrog them at the summit.

As it panned out, France’s 2-0 win saw the pair level at the top on points and goals only for USA to finish as group-winners on Fair Play criteria, having picked up one fewer yellow card.

The goal scoring was compacted into two first-half minutes with Ghana breaking the deadlock on 20 minutes. Ernestina Abambila pushed a lobbed ball over the backline that seemed neither shot nor pass, but goalkeeper Casey Murphy could only fumble on to the frame of the goal and over the line.

However, USA captain and attacking focal point Mallory Pugh again displayed her class with a smart equaliser. A driving run was followed by a perfect low shot for Pugh’s second of the tournament.

Earlier, the lively Ashley Sanchez pushed a shot just inches wide of the post, and could also have netted midway through the second half after ghosting in behind the Ghana backline.

The best opening of the second half, however, fell to Ghana with seven minutes remaining, but Sandra Owusu-Ansah stabbed her close-range effort over from close range.
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The Ghana U17 female side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Korea DPR in the quarter final stage after the Asian side scored a 94th minute goal.

The Ghanaian delegation left Jordan on Friday October 14 and made a transit in Dubai before arriving in Accra on Saturday afternoon.

The delegation was met on arrival by a GFA delegation lead by Emergency Committee member Nana Banyin Eyison and Executive Committee member Madam Leanier Addy.

Nana Banyin urged congratulated the team for their performance at the competition and urged them to continue to be perfect ambassadors for the country through soccer.

” You raised the flag of Ghana high at the tournament and it was just unfortunate that we lost with just few minutes to the end the game against Korea”.

” On behalf of the president of the Association, I will like to welcome you back home and I believe that you will continue to progress to the other national team’s and make our nation proud”, the EMCO member said.

The Black Maidens lost 5-0 to Japan but quickly bounced back to beat USA (2-1) and Paraguay (1-0) to make it to the quarterfinal stage of the competition.

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The Maidens had lost to Asian opposition in Japan at the start of the tournament and were hoping for better outing against the 2008 Women’s U-17 World Cup champions.

The two teams shared the domination of the first half but it was Korea that got the opener in the 36th minute through Kim Pom Ui from the penalty spot following a foul from Grace Acheampong.

The Maidens improved after half time and went for the equaliser despite looking shaky in defence.

They were rewarded in the 81 st minute with a goal from Gifty Acheampong. She rose to meet an overhead kick and flicked the ball past the Korean goalie as the defence stood watching.

The match looked set for extra time but Korea won a free kick down the right after a foul from substitute Rita Anokye.

The free kick was played into the penalty box but it was not properly cleared by the defence and Ja Un Jong stabbed the ball home to break Ghanaian hearts and send Korea to the semis to face Venezuela.

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The Black Maidens in their previous game suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat to their Japanese counterparts at the Prince Mohammed International Stadium in Zarqa, Jordan.

The USA drew first blood through its striker, Frankie Tagliaferri in the 5th minute.

The Maidens however came back from the first half break to equalize in the 63rd minute through Gifty Acheampong.

With the score on equal pegging, Ghana strived to keep possession of the ball in what appeared to be a more competitive second half.

The Maidens however managed to pull another goal through Sandra Owusu-Ansah who converted a penalty kick in the 84th minute.

With today’s victory, the Black Maidens are 3rd on the table with 3 points and a goal difference of -4.

They will face Paraguay in their last group D game on Saturday at the Al Hassan International Stadium, Irbid at 1600 GMT.

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Ghana conceded as early as the 7th minute and by the end of the first half, the Black Maidens were four goals down.

Adotey believes that the quick goals affected his team. “We had a game plan today. I knew that in our opening match we’d be facing a very strong Japanese side. I know their strengths and that’s why I wanted to put them under pressure early on. However, we conceded easy goals far too quickly.

“They were simple passes that completely took out our entire defence,” he said after the match to FIFA.com.

However, he did not feel bogged down by the result and was confident that the Maidens could get a good result in their next two group matches against the USA on Tuesday and Paraguay on Saturday.

“We’ve still got two more games and we’re by no means out of the competition yet. We’ll bounce back against USA and get back to our old strength. I’ll learn some lessons from today’s game and maybe go back to playing simple football and playing on the break,” he said.

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