The national Under-23 team, the Black Meteors are in Bangladesh for a 12-day international football tournament instead of Tuesday as previously announced.

The players expected to make the trip are; Osei Boateng (Olympics), Yaw Berko (Liberty Pros.), Alex Djanie, (Power F/C), Kofi Amoako (Goldfields), Felix Yeboah (Power F/C) and Hamza Mohammed (RTU). Others are: Godwin Ablordey, (Kotoko), Shilla Alhassan (RTU), Abdul Razak (Dwarfs), Dennis Boateng (Afienya), Baba Adams (Kotoko), Osei Kwame (Bofoakwa) and Joe Sam (Dwarfs). The rest are: Kwame Ali (Olympics), Eric Nii Armah (Dwarfs), Johnson Eklu (Okwawu), Nana Arhin Duah (Goldfields) and Michael Essien (Liberty Pros.) The stand-by palyers are Michael Osei (Dwarfs), Kwame Frimpong (Liberty Pros.) and Razak Pimpong (Olympics).

Ghana will be participating alongside hosts, Bangladesh, Brazil, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Uzbekistan, South Korea and Thailand in the championship, starting from Friday, August 27 to Tuesday, September seven. The tourney is in honor of the late leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibar Rahman, who was killed in a coup in 1975. -