$20,000 reward for each Black Stars player

Black Stars players are to receive US$20, 000 each as a reward for their dazzling performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. President of West African nation Ghana John Atta Mills told the delegation at the seat of government that they would be presented with national honours in addition soon.

Each member of the technical team and officials of the Ghana FA is to receive US$ 10,000.

Ghana became the third African side to have made it to the quarter-final of the global football showpiece since its inception eight decades back. Cameroon and Senegal made it in 1990 and 2002 respectively.

President Mills showered accolade on the team for lifting high the flag of Africa at the tournament.

“You did not win the World Cup but, through your performance, you carried high the flags of not only Ghana but Africa,” President Mills said.