Renowned Ghanaian coach Bashir Hayford has lamented the nation's absence from the ongoing African Nation Championship in Cameroon.
Ghana, two-time finalists, are missing from the sixth edition of the tournament after failing to go past neighbours Burkina Faso during the qualifying series.
It is the third straight time the home-based Black Stars have failed to qualify for the competition.
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"Ghana as a country does not set targets for the Chan tournament and that’s why we are always struggling to qualify," Hayford, currently head coach of Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities, told Hot FM.