Members of the Ghanaian community in Toronto gathered and celebrated at a hotel downtown to welcome the arrival of the Ghanaian national soccer team, the Black Stars, ahead of their debut World Cup match against Panama on Wednesday.

Lionel Messi starred against Algeria and Kylian Mbappé against Senegal on Tuesday. Wednesday sees Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal face DR Congo.

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That it took Ghana until 2006 to qualify for the World Cup, despite being African football’s dominant team of the 1960s, 70s and the early 80s, winning the Africa Cup of Nations four times during this period,