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- ↑ All Blacks reverts to Swedru Sports Stadium
- ↑ "Swedru Sports Stadium, Swedru (Ghana) - Data". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ↑ Association, Ghana Football. "President Simeon-Okraku commissions Swedru stadium borehole project". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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