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📸 | ⏳ 4 DAYS TO GO!

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The 2026 Fifa World Cup will introduce a first-ever 360° pre-match ceremony.

🌍 For the first time in tournament history, all players in a matchday squad — including substitutes — will participate in the anthem presentation, while giant national flags will cover each half of the pitch before kick-off.

The new fan-centric format is designed to create a more immersive and unified matchday experience for supporters inside the stadium and watching around the world. 🏟️🎶

ONE TEAM. ONE CIRCLE. ONE WORLD CUP.

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📸 | 🏆 GHANA'S ROAD THROUGH GROUP L

The Black Stars will wear their iconic gold away shirt in all three group-stage matches at the 2026 Fifa World Cup. 🇬🇭✨

📍 June 17 — 🇬🇭 Ghana vs 🇵🇦 Panama (Toronto)

📍 June 23 — 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England vs 🇬🇭 Ghana (Foxborough)

📍 June 27 — 🇭🇷 Croatia vs 🇬🇭 Ghana (Philadelphia)

Three opponents. Three battles. One dream. 🌍🏆

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📸 | ⏳ 5 DAYS TO GO!

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Only two nations have successfully defended the Fifa World Cup title.

🇮🇹 Italy won back-to-back tournaments in 1934 and 1938, while 🇧🇷 Brazil repeated the feat in 1958 and 1962.

No other nation has managed to retain football's biggest prize, highlighting just how difficult it is to stay on top of the world. 🌍🏆

WINNING IS HARD. REPEATING IS HARDER.

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📸 🗣️ | #FootyQuotes

"You can never rule out any football nation, Ghana inclusive... We have a good team, and I want to win the World Cup." 🏆🇬🇭

— Kurt Okraku on Ghana's chances at the 2026 Fifa World Cup

The GFA President is backing the Black Stars to compete with the world's best, insisting belief, preparation and hard work can take Ghana deep into the tournament. 🌍⚽

🎙️ Source: The Delay Show

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📸 🗣️ | #FootyQuotes

“It makes me laugh because for me it’s even harder. At the end of the day, you can say all that but football doesn’t lie on the grass.”

— Jordan Ayew on claims his Black Stars career is due to family connections.

The Black Stars captain responds to long-standing criticism, insisting performances on the pitch remain the ultimate measure of any player's place in the national team. 🇬🇭⚽

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📸 | ⏳ 6 DAYS TO GO!

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🇳🇱 The Netherlands hold the record for the most Fifa World Cup final appearances without ever winning the tournament.

The Dutch reached the final in 1974, 1978 and 2010, but fell short on all three occasions.

No nation has played in more World Cup finals without lifting football's biggest prize. 🏆❌

FOOTBALL'S GREATEST UNCROWNED TEAM.

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📸 | ⏳ 7 DAYS TO GO!

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🌍 A total of 289 players selected for the 2026 Fifa World Cup were born outside the country they will represent.

🇬🇭 Ghana account for eight of them:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jerome Opoku 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Antoine Semenyo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Thomas-Asante 🇫🇷 Marvin Senaya 🇫🇷 Elisha Owusu 🇫🇷 Jordan Ayew 🇳🇱 Derrick Luckassen 🇪🇸 Iñaki Williams

The statistic highlights the increasingly global nature of international football, with players representing nations through heritage, ancestry and family ties. ⚽🏆

BORN IN ONE COUNTRY. REPRESENTING ANOTHER.

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📸 | ⏳ 8 DAYS TO GO!

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🌍 A total of 891 players are set to experience the Fifa World Cup for the first time in 2026.

Meanwhile, 357 players return after previously being named in at least one World Cup squad, highlighting the blend of fresh faces and experience on football's biggest stage. ⚽🏆

A NEW GENERATION ARRIVES.

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📸 | ⏳ 9 DAYS TO GO!

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🇧🇷 Cafu remains the only player in history to appear in three consecutive Fifa World Cup finals.

1994 🏆 1998 🥈 2002 🏆

THREE FINALS. ONE LEGEND.

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📸 | 🚨 OFFICIAL:

Alexander Djiku has been ruled out of Ghana's squad for the 2026 Fifa World Cup due to injury.

Black Stars coach Carlos Queiroz confirmed the decision, bringing an end to the defender's hopes of featuring at the global showpiece in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

🗣️ "We had to make a decision to replace Djiku..." — Carlos Queiroz

More to follow.

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📸 | 🇬🇭🚨 Derrick Luckassen has arrived in the Black Stars camp in Wales amid growing concerns over the fitness of Alexander Djiku ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

The Pafos FC defender is increasingly expected to fill the void should Djiku fail to recover in time, with Carlos Queiroz set to name his final 26-man squad.

Could Luckassen be Ghana's late defensive solution for the Mundial? 👀

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📸 | ⏳ 10 DAYS TO GO!

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🇦🇷🇫🇷 The 2022 Fifa World Cup final produced six goals, extra time drama and a penalty shootout as Argentina defeated France to lift the trophy in Qatar.

A final that had everything. 🌍🏆

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📸 | 👀🇵🇦 Opponent Watch!

Ghana's first opponents at the 2026 Fifa World Cup endured a difficult afternoon as Panama were thrashed 6-2 by Brazil in a warm-up match on Sunday.

The Black Stars face the Central Americans in Toronto on June 17 as both nations look to make a strong start to their Group L campaign.

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💰🇬🇭 Twelve years after the infamous Brazil cash-airlift saga rocked Ghana's World Cup campaign, Black Stars players will receive the same $100,000 appearance fee paid at Qatar 2022.

While Fifa's rewards for participating nations have increased, player fees remain unchanged as Ghana prepares for the 2026 tournament in North America.

Read more: https://t.co/qHFw1o0U3Y

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📸 | ⏳ 11 DAYS TO GO!

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⚡ Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in Fifa World Cup history after just 11 seconds for Turkey against South Korea in 2002.

The record still stands today. 🌍🏆

ELEVEN SECONDS. ONE ETERNAL RECORD.

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📸 | ⏳ 12 DAYS TO GO!

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Only eight nations have ever won the Fifa World Cup.

🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇮🇹 Italy 🇩🇪 Germany 🇧🇷 Brazil 🏴 England 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain

Football's most exclusive club. 🌍🏆

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📸 | ⏳ 13 DAYS TO GO!

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🐶 Four months before the 1966 Fifa World Cup, the Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen in England.

The trophy was eventually found by a dog named Pickles, who became an international celebrity overnight.

THE DOG THAT FOUND THE WORLD CUP.

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📸 | ⏳ 14 DAYS TO GO!

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🇧🇷 Brazil permanently kept the original Jules Rimet Trophy after becoming the first nation to win the Fifa World Cup three times in 1970.

But in one of football’s greatest mysteries, the iconic trophy was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. 🌍🏆

THE TROPHY THAT BECAME ETERNAL.

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