Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team, the Black Stars, have moved to first place in Group I in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The Black Stars jumped from second to first after beating Chad 5-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, March 21 to score its fourth win five games.
Ghana had five different players score in the big win with goals coming from Antoine Semenyo, Inaki Williams, Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Salisu and Ernest Nuamah.
Madagascar take on Ghana next on Monday, March 24 in Morocco at 19:00 GMT and rank second in the group behind Ghana with 10 points and have a goal difference of six. Ghana has a goal difference of seven.
Only the top placed nation at the end of the round robin format of playing out qualification games, qualifies automatically to the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will be held in USA, Mexico and Canada.
Ghana is aiming to qualify to the FIFA World Cup for the fifth time but is coming off a disastrous 2025 AFCON qualification where the country failed to qualify to the competition for the first time in 20 years.
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