{"id":159720,"date":"2015-10-14T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T18:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=159720"},"modified":"2015-10-14T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T18:49:56","slug":"frimpong-ghanas-absence-from-davies-cup-will-be-a-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/frimpong-ghanas-absence-from-davies-cup-will-be-a-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Frimpong: Ghana\u2019s absence from Davies Cup will be a shame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leadership of the Ghana Tennis Federation is set to hold crunch talks with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ahmed Mustapha, regarding the release of funds for participation in the upcoming Davies Cup in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana\u2019s Tennis contingent is expecting to build on their success from the 11th edition of the All African Games, where the pair of George Darko and Wisdom Adjrako, won Gold in the men\u2019s double.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Citi Sports sources, the Sports Ministry failed to process the budget handed to them by the Tennis Federation, with the reason that their knowledge of the current economic situation indicates a lack of funds at the Finance Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tennis Federation will require an amount of $49,000 to cover all expenses which include air fares, internal transportation in Egypt, feeding, use of facilities as well as maintenance of their equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Secretary General of the Federation, Philipina Frimpong, believes the nation will be missing a great opportunity if the current situation is not resolved soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur next line of action is to meet the Minister because we haven\u2019t heard from him. I would like to find out if there is any way he can help us out of the current situation. This is the World Cup of Tennis and if this had been soccer, the entire nation would have been turned on its head\u2019 she lamented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are at a threshold of success because our players are extremely confident that this might be our big break. We have seen the teams that are coming and assessed the players that are coming to participate; and we stand a very good chance\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Davies Cup will begin on October 26 2015, and run until 30th.<br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Benjamin Nketsia\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of the Ghana Tennis Federation is set to hold crunch talks with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ahmed Mustapha, regarding the release of funds for participation in the upcoming Davies Cup in Egypt. 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