PRESIDENT J.E.A. Mills yesterday received the FIFA World Cup trophy at a ceremony at the Osu Castle, expressing the hope that the Black Stars would win football’s golden icon at next year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
“I am giving this trophy back to you, but on loan,” President Mills told the FIFA representative, Mr Emmanuel Maradas, who presented the golden trophy to the head of state, surrounded by some of Ghana’s retired football greats. Yesterday’s ceremony officially commences the three-day FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour organised by Coca-Cola, official FIFA World Cup sponsor.
On behalf of the FIFA President, Joseph Sepp Blatter, Mr Maradas congratulated President Mills on Ghana's qualification for the World Cup for the second time.
He said the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is a celebration for all Africans, not just the host country.
Tomorrow morning, at the Accra International Conference Centre, hundreds of selected football fans will have a rare close view of the real solid gold trophy as FIFA and Coca-Cola take world football's greatest prize on its longest ever 225-day global tour of 86 countries, including a visit to every African country.
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