JUST IN: England, Ghana Announce Team List For 2014 World Cup

* photo of a recent match between Nigeria and Ghana. Both teams are expected to shine in Brazil

Less than a month before the 2014 FIFA World Cup starts in Brazil, England and Ghana have unveiled their team list for the football fiesta.

While the 'Three Lions' coach, Roy Hodgson, announced a 23-man squad along with seven players in stand-by, Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has selected a list of 26 players.

Below is the full squad of England:...
Joe Hart
Fraser Forster
Ben Foster
Glen Johnson
Phil Jones
Gary Cahill
Phil Jagielka
Chris Smalling
Leighton Baines
Luke Shaw
Steven Gerrard
Jack Wilshere
Jordan Henderson
Frank Lampard
James Milner
Ross Barkley
Adam Lallana
Raheem Sterling
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Wayne Rooney
Daniel Sturridge
Danny Welbeck
Rickie Lambert

* Carrick is one of the players in England's stand-by list

The invited standby players are:
John Ruddy
Jon Flanagan
John Stones
Michael Carrick
Tom Cleverley
Andy Carroll
Jermain Defoe
One of the noticeable absentees in the English 23- man-squad is Arsenal's Theo Walcott who is ruled out due to injury.

For Ghana, coach Kwesi Appiah has selected a list of 26 players which will be trimmed to 23 after they have played the Netherlands in a friendly on 31 May.

Among the squad are 22-year-old winger, Christian Atsu, who joined Chelsea in September from Porto.

Atsu spent this season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem where he made 28 appearances and netted five times.

FormerChelsea midfielder Michael Essien is also included in the Ghanaian squad that would face a tough group stage in Brazil, with games against Germany, Portugal and the USA.

The full 26-man squad is:

Adam Kwarasey,

Fatau Dauda,

Stephen Adams,

Samuel Inkoom,

Daniel Opare,

Harrison Afful,

Jeffrey Schlupp,

John Boye,

Jonathan Mensah,

Rashid Sumaila,

Jerry Akaminko,

Michael Essien,

Agyeman Badu,

Sulley Muntari,

Rabiu Mohammed,

Kwadwo Asamoah,

Afriyie Acquah,

Christian Atsu,

Albert Adomah,

Andre Ayew,

Wakasu Mubarak,

David Accam,

Asamoah Gyan,

Kevin Prince Boateng,

Majeed Waris,

Jordan Ayew.

After being left out of England 23-man squad, some of the English players are already tweeting.

SEE Carrick and Kyle Walker tweets below:


Disappointed to be left out of the squad, World Cups are special and to miss out hurts. Want to wish the boys the very best of luck.— Michael Carrick (@carras16) May 12, 2014


Gutted to miss the World Cup because of my injury. I'm still a few weeks away from being fit so I understand why the gaffer has left me out— Kyle Walker (@kylewalker2) May 12, 2014


We're taking a strong group of players to Brazil. All the best boys, I'll be supporting you!— Kyle Walker (@kylewalker2) May 12, 2014