The Black Stars trained for the first time at the Baba Yara Stadium ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Angola on Thursday, March 23.
Chris Hughton and his men arrived in Kumasi on Tuesday, March 21, and trained at the venue for the game later in the day.
The Black Stars currently have 24 players in camp with RC Lens midfielder, Salis Abdul Samed, yet to join the team.
Here are pictures from the team’s training on Tuesday night:
<div><img width="300" height="172" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Yellow-Greens_1-300x172.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Nigeria’s male senior cricket team, popularly known as the Yellow Greens, continued their impressive form at the 2026 ICC World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier C, achieving successive victories by overcoming Eswatini by five wickets." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Yellow-Greens_1-300x172.jpg 300w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Yellow-Greens_1-768x440.jpg 768w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Yellow-Greens_1.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Nigeria Cricket senior men’s team have secured their place in the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier finals after a remarkable performance throughout the qualifying rounds. The Nigeria cricket team achieved this milestone with one match still to play. The Yellow Greens, as they are fondly called, capped off their impressive run at the […]</p>
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<h2> All major leagues in the world have put their campaigns on hold in honour of the FIFA international break in March, which allows room for national football teams' friendlies.</h2>
<p>Some mouthwatering international <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/20/super-eagles-interim-coach-finidi-george-says-he-is-set-for-ghana-mali/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">football friendlies have been lined up</a> to make up for the unavailability of club football.</p>
<p>One of the biggest international friendlies to watch out for is the game between England and Brazil, which will kick off at Wembley Stadium at 8 p.m. on March 23.</p>
<p>Another big international friendly game to watch out for is the game between West African rivals the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana.</p>
<p>These two countries are rivals on many fronts, especially in football, and March 22 is another opportunity for their rivalry to be revived.</p>
<p>Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar thanks to an away goal rule, which means that the friendly, which will kick off at 5 p.m. on Friday, is more than just a friendly.</p>
<p><strong>Below are the top friendly games to watch out for in March 2024:</strong></p>
<p>Portugal vs. Sweden<br />
Date: March 21, 2024<br />
Kick-off time: 8:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Nigeria vs. Ghana<br />
Date: March 22, 2024<br />
Kick-off Time: 5:00 p.m.</p>
<p>Netherlands vs. Scotland<br />
Date: March 22, 2024.<br />
Kick-off time: 8:45 p.m.</p>
<p>England vs. Brazil<br />
Date: March 23, 2024<br />
Kick-off Time: 8:00 p.m.</p>
<p>France vs. Germany<br />
Date: March 23, 2024<br />
Kick-off Time: 9:00 p.m.</p>
<p>England vs. Belgium<br />
Date: March 26, 2024<br />
Kick-off time: 8:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Germany vs. the Netherlands<br />
Date: March 26, 2024<br />
Kick-off time: 8:45 p.m.</p>
<p>Spain vs. Brazil<br />
Date: March 26, 2024<br />
Kick-off Time: 9:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Mali vs. Nigeria<br />
Date: March 26, 2024<br />
Kick-off Time: 9:00 p.m.</p>
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