{"id":102961,"date":"2025-11-12T07:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102961"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:52:33","slug":"kirin-cup-2025-18-players-report-to-black-stars-camp-for-japan-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102961","title":{"rendered":"Kirin Cup 2025: 18 players report to Black Stars camp for Japan clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eighteen players have reported to the Black Stars camp at the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nagoya ahead of the upcoming 2025 Kirin Cup against Japan.<\/p>\n

Two home-based players, Kelvin Nkrumah and Prince Owusu, were later joined by sixteen others on Tuesday as Otto Addo is close to getting a full squad.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Asare, Mohammed Salisu, Prince Osei Owusu, and Christopher Bonsu Baah are expected to join the team on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Ghana is expected to hold its first training session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The senior national team take on Japan on Friday, November 14 before facing South Korea four days later.<\/p>\n

The matches serve as preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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