{"id":44799,"date":"2025-11-12T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44799"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:10:22","slug":"kirin-cup-black-stars-will-hold-their-first-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/kirin-cup-black-stars-will-hold-their-first-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirin Cup : Black Stars will hold their first training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that the Black Stars will hold their first training session on Wednesday, November 12, to prepare for their upcoming matches against Japan and South Korea.<\/strong><\/div>\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\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>Eighteen players have arrived in the Asian country for the two friendly games against Japan and South Korea for the 2025 Kirin Cup.<\/div>\n<div>Otto Addo will be without the services of \u00a0a lot of senior players, Jordan Ayew, Thomas Partey, Mohammed Kudus, Alexander Djiku, Ernest Nuamah, and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Hearts midfielder Hussein Mohammed charged for attempting to attack referee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/hearts-midfielder-hussein-mohammed-charged-for-attempting-to-attack-referee\/\">Hearts midfielder Hussein Mohammed charged for attempting to attack referee<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The squad is Benjamin Asare, Joseph Anang, Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Derrick Kohn, Jerome Opoku, Ebenezer Annan, Jonas Adjetey, Kojo Oppong Peprah, Caleb Yirenkyi, Alidu Seidu, and Gideon Mensah. They are complemented by Abu Francis, Kwasi Sibo, Prince Owusu, Kamal Deen Sulemana, Antoine Semenyo, Christopher Bonsu Baah, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Kelvin Nkrumah, \u00a0Prince Osei Owusu, Mohammed Salisu, and Prince Adu Kwabena.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Sports Minister Kofi Adams reveals GHS20 million loan invested in Ghana Premier League\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/sports-minister-kofi-adams-reveals-ghs20-million-loan-invested-in-ghana-premier-league\/\">Sports Minister Kofi Adams reveals GHS20 million loan invested in Ghana Premier League<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The Black Stars will conduct their first training session in Nagoya on Wednesday, November 12, as they gear up for the Kirin Cup fixture against Japan.<\/div>\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\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that the Black Stars will hold their first training session on Wednesday, November 12, to prepare for their upcoming matches against Japan and South Korea. Eighteen players have arrived in the Asian country for the two friendly games against Japan and South Korea for the 2025 Kirin Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,17053],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-kirin-cup"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Black-Stars-vs-Nigeria-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C2170&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bEz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44822,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-stars-complete-final-training-ahead-of-south-korea-friendly\/","url_meta":{"origin":44799,"position":0},"title":"Black Stars complete final training ahead of South Korea friendly","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"November 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Stars held their final training session on Monday ahead of Tuesday\u2019s international friendly against South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. \u00a0 Nineteen players trained under the guidenace and leadership of head coach Otto Addo and his technical team. 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The team lost 2-0 to Japan on Friday and followed it up with another loss to South Korea. 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That friendly exercise saw new faces getting an opportunity to impress the technical team. 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