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Ghana names provisional squad for Nations Cup

Xinhua, January 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

The head coach of Ghana' s Black Stars Avram Grant on Monday named a 26-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon later this month.

The announcement was made at a press conference at the headquarters of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in Accra.

Austria Lustenau striker Raphael Dwamena and Bernard Terkpetey of Schalke 04 in Germany made the squad which also includes Andy Yiadom who plays for English second-tier league side Barnsley.

Former Shanghai SIPG striker Asamoah Gyan will join the team which will leave Accra Monday night for a 12-day pre-tournament camping in the United Arab Emirates where the head coach will pick his final 23 players for the three-week competition.

Grant' s side will be aiming for its fifth continental title since they last won it in 1982.

Ghana will play in Group D of the tournament alongside Egypt, Mali and Uganda and will open its campaign against the Cranes of Uganda on Jan. 17 at Port Gentil.

The AFCON tournament, which will have 16 teams to compete, runs from Jan. 14 to Feb. 5, this year in four Gabonese cities.

The Black Stars were silver medalist in the 2015 AFCON in Equatorial Guinea where they were edged out on penalties by West African neighbors Cote d' Ivoire. Endit