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Ghana’s Odurose Acheampong takes on new sporting challenge in Chicago
A Ghanaian exchange student in Chicago, Odurose Acheampong, is taking on a sporting challenge that is unfamiliar to him, having joined his school’s American football team despite never having played or watched the sport before arriving in the United States.
The experience has introduced him to several aspects of American culture, including a sport that is markedly different from the football, or soccer, he has played in Ghana.
His decision to take up American football illustrates one of the less conventional experiences that can come with Young’s Odurose Acheampong (79) looks on from the sidelines during the game against Phillips at Rockne Stadium.
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