Black Stars Players Receive $35,000 Qualification Bonus Each

Ghana players have been paid US$ 35,000 each for advancing to the last eight of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars booked their place as Group B leaders after a comprehensive 3-0 win over Niger on Monday night in Port Elizabeth. �The bonuses were paid at 10:30 pm last night and you can see that is why the players are happy,� Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Daara-Sannie confirmed at Tuesday�s press conference. Ghana FA Executive Committee member Emmanuel Kyeremeh further explained the mechanism for paying bonuses. �The budget management submitted to the Ministry was approved and we also agreed the qualifying bonus with the players. We actually didn�t base it on matches,� Kyeremeh said. �If we had not qualified yesterday, then we were not going to pay any bonus.� Ghana finished with 7 points, three more than second-placed Mali and set-up a showdown with high-flying Cape Verde. The Black Stars beat the the Blue Sharks 1-0 in an international friendly in Portugal two months ago.