{"id":220203,"date":"2025-10-12T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/220203\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:16:12","slug":"heavy-security-at-accra-sports-stadium-ahead-of-ghana-comoros-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/220203\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy security at Accra Sports Stadium ahead of Ghana-Comoros match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Heavy-security-at-Accra-Sports-Stadium-ahead-of-Ghana-Comoros-match-2004774?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68116530.295.jpg\" alt=\"Numerous police personnel have been deployed to the Accra Sports Stadium\" title=\"Numerous police personnel have been deployed to the Accra Sports Stadium\" width=\"295\" height=\"259\" \/> <\/a>Numerous police personnel have been deployed to the Accra Sports Stadium<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The National Sports Authority (NSA) has tightened security at the Accra Sports Stadium as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stars<\/a> prepare to face Comoros in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>With rehabilitation works at the stadium completed and seating fully restored, approximately 32,000 spectators are expected to attend the nation\u2019s final group game.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the high turnout, a large number of security personnel have been deployed to ensure peace and tranquillity throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/World-Cup-Qualifiers-Black-Stars-likely-XI-against-Comoros-2004724\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup Qualifiers: <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stars<\/a> likely XI against Comoros<\/p>\n<p>Armoured vehicles from the Ghana Police Service have also been stationed at strategic points to respond swiftly in case of any emergencies during the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Accra Sports Stadium is expected to be filled to capacity, boosting the morale of the players as they aim to defeat Comoros convincingly and avenge the two previous losses suffered against the team.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is scheduled for 19:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana only needs to avoid a 9\u20130 defeat to secure qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>SB\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch as fans urge Otto Addo to rotate the squad against Comoros<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Numerous police personnel have been deployed to the Accra Sports Stadium The National Sports Authority (NSA) has tightened&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-220203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}