Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has revealed that newly appointed Black Stars head coach Carlos Queiroz has been handed an ambitious mandate to guide Ghana to at least the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The experienced Portuguese tactician recently signed a four-month contract to lead the West African powerhouse to the global showpiece after parting ways with Otto Addo on the back of unimpressive results in friend lies against Austria and Germany.

Speaking on Asempa FM, Adams expressed Queiroz’s appointment comes with high expectations, stressing the target is to surpass Ghana’s historic 2010 World Cup run, where the Black Stars reached the quarter-finals.

“We have given the coach a good target to do better in the World Cup than we did in 2010. It was the same target given to Otto Addo,” the Buem MP said.

“The team should be ranked among the top five in Africa, and we should win the AFCON, which we did not qualify for. At the moment, we are not even among the best in Africa.