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President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, has confirmed that Otto Addo will remain in charge of the Black Stars and lead the team to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The former Borussia Dortmund talent coach has faced criticism following Ghana’s failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the country’s first absence from the tournament in over two decades.However, Addo redeemed his standing by guiding the national team to the 2026 World Cup, which will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.Despite securing a qualification, sections of the Ghanaian football community have called for his dismissal. But Mr Okraku has firmly backed the former Ghana international to continue in his role."Otto Addo is our coach. He qualified us for the World Cup in a grand style, and he will take Black Stars to the World Cup," he told Asempa FM."In Qatar, we had a decent outing and the stats are there, but as a human, he will make mistakes, but he will stay, and he will lead the team to the World Cup," he added.The Black Stars will learn their group-stage opponents for the 2026 FIFA...

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President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, on Friday, October 24, 2025, led the staff of the Association and several senior executives to a special thanksgiving service at the Imam Malik Hamburg Mosque in Maamobi to express gratitude to Allah for the Black Stars qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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