75 Year Old Woman Cries Over State of Ghana Football, Claims She Could Not Sleep Over AFCON Display

• Ghanaians have protested against the leadership of Ghana football
• A 75-year-old woman, Emilia Okine, joined protesters on Wednesday
• The Black Stars failed to go beyond the group stage at AFCON 2023

On Wednesday, February 14, journalists, fans and lovers of Ghanaian football flooded the streets of Accra to demonstrate against the leadership of the sport in the West African nation.

Among the protesters was a 75-year-old woman, who lamented over the state of the game, especially the performance of the national team.

While the young and the old hit the streets to share their grievances with the running of the game, the Black Stars were officially declared to have finished 18th at the just-ended AFCON.

In a video shared on social media, the 75-year-old, who was around when Ghana won all four AFCON titles, claims she is not happy with the deterioration of the Black Stars.

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"Football is everything for me. Anytime we lose, I get disappointed. Last time, we were leading 2-0, and I just turned around to get food and when I came back it was 2-2, I couldn't sleep," she said.

"I am here to help protest so that the next time we go to the Africa Cup of Nations, we can return with the trophy," added the woman known in real life as Emilia Okine.

The Black Stars have not been able to go beyond the group stage in the last two tournaments despite heading to both competitions as one of the favourites.

Ghana has also failed to win a game at the competition since the 2019 edition in Egypt.

Meanwhile, Ivory Coast staged a remarkable comeback to beat Nigeria and win the Nations Cup for the third time in their history, ad reported by the BBC.

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Chris Hughton sacked as Ghana coach

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Chris Hughton has been sacked as coach of the Black Stars following Ghana's disastrous Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

The Black Stars failed to win a game at the just-ended tournament in Ivory Coast, making it the second successive time the four-time champions have exited the competition in the first round.

Hughton was appointed in February 2023 and lasted as coach of the team for only eleven months.