{"id":13609,"date":"2025-03-28T09:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=13609"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:12:23","slug":"antoine-semenyo-pledges-commitment-to-black-stars-vows-to-always-make-himself-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=13609","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Semenyo Pledges Commitment to Black Stars, Vows to Always Make Himself Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/03\/IMG_8478.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/03\/IMG_8478.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/03\/IMG_8478-300x271.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/03\/IMG_8478-768x693.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In-form Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo has vowed not to turn his back to the Black Stars of Ghana, saying it\u2019s an honour to represent his native country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 27-year-old Ghanaian forward has established himself as a key member of the national team since making his debut in June 2022. Semenyo has racked up 21 appearances for the West African powerhouse, scoring three goals across the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Bristol City star was involved when the Black Stars recorded a back-to-back wins in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, restoring national pride following 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification setback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel that anything that will stop me from the national team is obviously injury. I will always avail myself. I always want to play for the nation. It\u2019s being a dream to play for the national team and it an honour to represent the country as well.&#8221; he told JoySports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semenyo was on target when the Black Stars walloped Chad 5-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium and also played a part in the teams resounding victory against Madagascar on the fifth and sixth rounds of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forward, who is a subject of interest, has rejoined his club Bournemouth in England as the team gear up for the weekend fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Black Stars will regroup for the continuation of the World Cup qualifiers in September 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In-form Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo has vowed not to turn his back to the Black Stars of Ghana, saying it\u2019s an honour to represent his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13611,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13609\/revisions\/13611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}