{"id":353440,"date":"2017-09-14T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T12:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353440"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:24:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:24:03","slug":"ghana-drops-to-52nd-in-latest-fifa-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/ghana-drops-to-52nd-in-latest-fifa-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana drops to 52nd in latest FIFA rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana fell two places to 52nd in the latest FIFA rankings released today by the world governing body for the month of September.<\/p>\n<p>Between the last rankings in August and now, the main Black Stars team has drawn once and won once both in matches with Congo Brazzaville while the Black Stars B team lost 2-1 to Burkina Faso in the qualifiers for the 2018 CHAN tournament in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>These results went into the determining the team\u2019s position on the global rankings.<\/p>\n<p>On the continent, Ghana is 8th while Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, DR Congo and Nigeria are in the top five places respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, Brazil, \u00a0Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, France, Chile and Colombia close out the top ten teams in the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Citi Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana fell two places to 52nd in the latest FIFA rankings released today by the world governing body for the month of September. 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