{"id":116502,"date":"2025-09-03T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/116502\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:36:08","slug":"black-stars-to-pocket-5000-each-as-winning-bonus-for-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/116502\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars to pocket $5,000 each as winning bonus for World Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Black-Stars-to-pocket-5-000-each-as-winning-bonus-for-World-Cup-qualifiers-1998952?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/58214641.295.jpg\" alt=\"Players of the Black Stars\" title=\"Players of the Black Stars\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Players of the Black Stars<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams has confirmed that each Black Stars player will pocket $5,000 as a winning bonus for Ghana\u2019s upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Chad and Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Otto Addo will take home $10,000, double the players\u2019 package, in recognition of his leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>The minister made the announcement during a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, just hours before the Black Stars\u2019 scheduled departure to N\u2019Djamena for Thursday\u2019s clash with Chad. <\/p>\n<p>The incentive package is aimed at motivating the players to maintain their fine form and keep Ghana on course for a fifth World Cup appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Kudus-Mohammed-and-Inaki-Williams-arrive-in-Black-Stars-camp-1998923\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kudus Mohammed and Inaki Williams arrive in Black Stars camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghana currently sits top of Group I with 15 points from six matches, having won five and lost only once. Otto Addo\u2019s side will train in Chad on Wednesday before taking on the hosts at the Stade Olympique Mar\u00e9chal Idriss D\u00e9by Itno on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 1 pm.<\/p>\n<p>After the Chad game, Ghana will face Mali in Accra on September 8, 2025, before wrapping up their qualifying campaign in October against the Central African Republic and Comoros.<\/p>\n<p>FKA\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch videos from Black Stars first training sessions ahead of WC Qualifiers against Chad and Mali<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Players of the Black Stars The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams has confirmed that each Black&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-116502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}