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19.03.2013 General News

Cristiano Ronaldo Storms Ghana …For Essien Charity Game

By Ghanaian Chronicle
Cristiano Ronaldo Storms Ghana For Essien Charity Game
19.03.2013 LISTEN

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is among the 100 world-class footballers set to arrive in Ghana for the country's biggest sporting event this year.

Michael Essien, the Ghana superstar who plays for Real Madrid, has invited some of the world's best players to play in Accra between World IX and Africa IX in June to raise fund to promote peace in Africa.

Some of the world's best players from Spain, England, Italy, France and Germany have been invited to play in the friendly game dubbed  'A Game Of Hope And Inspiration'.

A three-day mammoth event has been planned with a music concert with some of the world's and Africa's best musicians in attendance.

Players like Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue, Asamoah Gyan, Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, Adam Kwarasey, Kwadwo Asamoah have been invited for the match.

Top Spain-based players like Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Luca Modric, Xabi Alonso, Kaka and Xabi Alonso have all been invited for the game.

Alex Song of Barcelona, Jon Mikel Obi, Peter Cech, Emmanuel Frimpong, John Mensah, Malouda and Victor Moses are among the top stars expected to come for the event.

French star Jibril Cisse, Freddie Ljungberg, Paulo Ferreira, Florent Malouda, Ricardo Carvalho and Claude Makalele have confirmed their attendance.

Some top ex-players like George Weah, Marcel Desailly and Freddy Ljunberg are all expected to also play in the game to raise money for charity in Ghana.

Reigning African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure and his brother Kolo Toure, as well as Nigerian superstars Nwankwo Kano and Daniel Amokachi have confirmed their participation.

Daniel Pappoe, Emmanuel Frimpong, Stephen Appiah, Tony Yeboah, Samuel Osei Kuffour, George Weah, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Yakubu Ayegbeni, Augustine Arhinful, Emmanuel Adebayor, Richard Kingson and Kalusha Bwalya have also confirmed they are attending the event.

The event is expected to be the biggest sporting event in Ghana in 2013, similar to the charity match which Essien hosted in 2011.

Essien is a Peace Ambassador appointed by the African Union in 2010 to use his status as an African and international footballer to promote peace in Africa.

The latest Essien initiative is expected to create huge awareness of the need for Africans themselves to make an effort to inspire the youth towards peace, hope and inspiration.

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