Black Stars players in training

By Ameenu Shardow

Twenty One players took part in the Black Stars’ opening training session at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday morning.

Only three players; Andre and Jordan Ayew and goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey are yet to report to camp ahead of Ghana’s finals 2013 Nations Cup qualifier against Malawi on Saturday.

The team started off the session with some light jogging before being allowed to do some ball work under the supervision of coach Akwasi Appiah and the full complement of his technical team.

The team will hold their second training session this evening at 3pm local time.

Players at the opening training session on Tuesday morning:

Goalkeepers: Ernest Sowah (Berekum Chelsea), Fatau Dauda (AshantiGold)

Defenders: Daniel Opare (Standard Liege, Belgium), Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), Razak Nuhu (Stromgodset, Norway), Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro, Ukraine), John Boye (Rennes, France), Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim, Germany), Jerry Akaminko (Eskisehirspor, Turkey), Rashid Sumaila (Kotoko)

Midfielders: Anthony Annan (Osasuna, Spain), Isaac Coffie (Chievo, Italy), Derek Boateng (Dnipro, Ukraine), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy), Christian Atsu (Porto, Portugal), Solomon Asante (Berekum Chelsea)

Strikers: Richmond Boakye Yiadom (Juventus, Italy), Emmanuel Clottey (Berekum Chelsea), Abdul Majeed Warris (Hacken, Sweden), Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE).