After the withdrawal of approval of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium to host Category 3 games by Africa’s football governing body, CAF, the Accra Sports Stadium and Cape Coast Stadium have been closed for renovations.
The Baba Yara situation means that Ghana doesn’t have a venue to host Black Stars games and Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team is set to play against Sudan in a 2025 AFCON qualifier in either Togo or Cote D’Ivoire in October. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
Closure of the Accra Stadium comes on the back of Raja Casablanca head coach Rusmir Cvirko criticizing the playing surface after his side’s 2-2 draw with Ghana’s FC Samartex in the CAF Champions League.
Citi Sports sources can confirm that the stadia have been indeed shut for work to begin on improving facilities at the venues with some indicating that the renovation works could be done for the Accra Stadium to pass CAF’s inspection.
This is the latest action by the National Sports Authority after the body closed down the Baba Yara Stadium following Ghana’s 1-0 loss to Angola which was the last game before CAF’s ruling on the stadium.
Closing down the Accra Stadium means that a handful of Ghana Premier League clubs including Accra Hearts Of Oak have to look for new home venues to honour games.
