SPORTS : Injured Kwadwo Asamoah & Asamoah Gyan Dropped From Black Stars Squad, Osei Banahene Invited

Interim Black Stars coach Maxwell Konadu has dropped injured pair Kwadwo Asamoah and Asamoah Gyan from his 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Uganda on November 15th and Togo on November 19th but has handed a surprise call-up to Al Orobah attacker Emmanuel Osei Banahene.

The Black Stars will begin training on Tuesday in Accra ahead of their trip to Kampala on Thursday night. Ghana head to Kampala for the penultimate group fixture on top of the log with 8 points.

Ghana Squad

Goalkeepers: Fatau Dauda (AshGold), Adams Stephen (Aduana Stars) and Razak Braimah (Mirandes FC, Spain)

Defenders: Yaw Frimpong (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Harrison Afful (Esperance FC, Tunisia), Awal Mohammed (Maritzburg, South Africa), Baba Rahman (FC Augsburg, Germany), Jeffery Schlupp (Leicester City, England), John Boye (Erciyesspor, Turkey), Kwabena Adusei (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa) and Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France)

Midfielders: Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Mubarak Wakaso (Celtic, Scotland), Atsu Christian (Everton, England), Asante Solomon (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Gyimah Edwin (Mpumalanga Black Aces, South Africa), Afriyie Acquah (Parma FC, Italy) Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille, France)

Strikers: Jordan Ayew (Lorient, France), Abdul-Majeed Waris (Trabzonspor, Turkey), David Accam (Helsenborg, Sweden), Emmanuel Osei Banahene, (Al Orobah, Saudi Arabia)

By Dennis Mirpuri