{"id":83926,"date":"2026-06-25T08:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83926"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:42:04","slug":"witch-doctor-who-cursed-englands-harry-kane-for-world-cup-match-against-ghana-says-he-lifted-hex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/witch-doctor-who-cursed-englands-harry-kane-for-world-cup-match-against-ghana-says-he-lifted-hex\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch Doctor Who \u2018Cursed\u2019 England\u2019s Harry Kane for World Cup Match Against Ghana Says He Lifted Hex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>People<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nRjB4b6GXY5HRZzx_wpJaqdF3cI=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/Harry-Kane-of-England-FIFA-World-Cup-2026-062226-d3b18f01f8b94f199090c1c0df4596d3.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Kane #9 of England looks on during the International Friendly match \" width=\"294\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A Ghanaian witch doctor says he has released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/superstars-to-watch-2026-world-cup-11988470\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Harry Kane<\/a>\u00a0from a spell, now that the English striker and his team\u2019s World Cup match against Ghana is over.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Now I \u200bam going to release Harry Kane so that, \u200bhis next match, he can score,\u201d Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a self-described spiritualist,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ8fbnYsO1q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">said in an Instagram post<\/a> shortly after the match ended in a draw. \u201cHarry, I will come and visit you. Don&#8217;t be offended. We are friends.&#8221;\u00a0Despite Bonsam\u2019s witchcraft, Kane came close to scoring during the game but missed the goal at close range in the 86th minute. The victory would have secured England a spot in the knockout stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From People: A Ghanaian witch doctor says he has released\u00a0Harry Kane\u00a0from a spell, now that the English striker and his.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83927,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83926\/revisions\/83927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}