{"id":27092,"date":"2020-10-07T08:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T08:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=27092"},"modified":"2020-10-07T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T08:46:45","slug":"photos-ghana-first-training-session-turkey-ahead-mali-qatar-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/photos-ghana-first-training-session-turkey-ahead-mali-qatar-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ghana first training session in Turkey ahead of Mali, Qatar friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Black Stars Head Coach C.K Akonnor and assistant David Duncan took charge of their first training session on Tuesday, October 06, in Antalya, Turkey ahead of the friendly games against Mali and Qatar.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Training-23-1024&amp;#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?fit=788%2C591&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-27094 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?resize=788%2C591\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-23-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will take on Mali on Friday, October 09, before they battle Qatar three days later in Antalya, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/photos-ghana-first-training-session-turkey-ahead-mali-qatar-friendlies\/training-22-1024x675\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Training-22-1024x675.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" 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The Black Stars will take on Mali on Friday, October 09, before they battle Qatar three days later in Antalya, Turkey. 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