Accra, 06 July-(ANA)-Ghana's national football team, the Black Stars, has returned home from the World Cup in South Africa to a rapturous welcome.
Thousands of dancing and singing fans welcomed the players at Accra airport.
"You've really held high the flag of Ghana and the entire African continent," Deputy Sports Minister Nii Nortey Duah told the players.
Ghana, the only African team to progress beyond the group stage, went out to Uruguay in the quarter-final.
It is the first time the World Cup has been played in Africa, and many had hoped an African squad would progress to the semi-finals.
Ghana were drawing 1-1 with Uruguay when in the final moments of extra time striker Asamoah Gyan missed a penalty kick awarded after Uruguay's Luis Suarez blocked a goal-bound shot with his hand.
The Black Stars then lost to the South Americans in a penalty shoot-out.(ANA)