Captain of Ghana’s Amputee football national team, Richard Opentil has refuted reports in the media that, the team is stranded in Tanzania after winning the sixth edition of the Cup of African Nations for Amputee Football.
The ‘Black Challenge’ defeated Liberia in the finals to win the ultimate after edging the likes of Egypt, Nigeria, and Angola en route to the final.
Speaking in an interview on Wamputu Sports on Happy FM, Captain Opentil revealed that the team was not stranded as reported in the media, but were soliciting tickets from the government to enable them to present the trophy to the people of Ghana with most of them based in Turkey.
“We are not stranded. What really happened was our airline tickets for the tournaments were from Turkey to Tanzania and vice versa, with most of us based in Turkey. But we deem it appropriate to solicit for tickets from the government so that we could come and present the trophy to the people of Ghana because the trophy is for them and not us,” he explained.
