Fifa legal experts are meeting on Thursday to examine their regulations to decide whether South Africa's World Cup qualifier against Senegal should be replayed after the Ghanaian referee was found guilty of fixing the outcome of the game Fifa insiders told Business Day. Shock waves reverberated at the start of the week, when Fifa said its disciplinary committee had banned Joseph Lamptey of Ghana for manipulating the result of the match. World footballs governing body said Lamptey was banned
Class One referee Samuel Sukah has officially lodged a complaint to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) against Asante Kotoko assistant coach Godwin Ablordey, according to media reports. The Accra-based official has been in the headlines this week following his performance in last Sundays Super Clash game at the Accra Sports Stadium between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko, where he awarded the home side a late controversial penalty to beat their arch-rivals. And according to multiple
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey who is at the centre of a match fixing scandal involving Bafana Bafana has a long history of controversial decisions some of which will now be much more closely examined in the wake of his being handed a lifetime ban. Lamptey was on Monday banished from the sport by FIFA for manipulating the result of South Africas 2-1 win over Senegal in World Cup qualification in Polokwane in November which presents the possibility that world footballs governing body might order
FIFA will soon publish the full investigations of the lifetime ban handed Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey. The Disciplinary Committee of the World's football governing confirmed Lamptey sanction on Monday for what it terms asindulging in a match manipulation. Lamptey awarded a dubious penalty to South Africa against Senegal in a 2018 World Cup qualifier back in November. The ban results from a penalty he awarded to South Africa in a 2-1 win over Senegal in a 2018 World Cup qualifier
The Ghana Football Association has furnished the Ministry of Sports with all documents on the upcoming friendly against Mexico on 24 June. GHANASoccernet.com understands the local football governing body wants transparency and clear doubts about their dealings. It has been rumoured that the Ghana FA under-declares monies from friendly matches. The Black Stars will face the CONCACAF representative at Houston's NRG Stadium in Texas, USA. The game takes place just days prior to Mexico's
Tout Puissant Mazembe attacker Solomon Asante has expressed his disappointment at his sides shock exit from the CAF Champions League but has turned his attention towards the CAF Confederations Cup. The Congolese giants suffered a shock elimination in the last round of the qualifying stage of the continents top club competition to Zimbabwean side CAPS United over the weekend. The diminutive winger intimated his sadness about their unfortunate exit but says they should look forward to making
The Starlets will begin preparations for the Africa Youth Champions which will start in the second week of April. Ghana failed to make impact in the last edition and Coach Paa Kwesi Fabien will be hoping to redeem the nations pedigree at the youth level. According to information on the local media the team have decided to camp in Nigeria before heading to for the competition in Gabon. The best countries on the African continent will meet from the second week of April to decide which teams
Executive committee member of the Ghana Football Association Kojo Yankah has astonishing revealed that referee Joseph Lamptey has a problem with his sight which prevents him from effectively discharging his duties. Lamptey went super viral after being banned by the Worlds football governing body (FIFA) for manipulating the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal. Yankah who knows Mr Lamptey very well says the veteran match official has a problem with vision. "It's
Lucifers fall from heaven is considered the greatest in the history of creation but Issa Hayatous defeat in the just ended Confederation of Africa Football elections will go down in the history of the beautiful game as the greatest fall of a mortal turn god. Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in Garoua, Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a middle distance runner and physical education teacher. Hayatou had a successful career as an
Ghanaian Evans Mensah who is enjoying his game with Finnish side HJK Helsinki took time to meet the junior side and share some photos. The Ghana youth international was at the training session of the players and spent time with the youngsters. Mensah, in the last few weeks has been at his devastation best on the pitch, following in the footsteps of fellow Ghanaians Gideon Baah and Anthony Annan who all excelled at the club....
England U-18 striker Eddie Nketiah continued his swift rise to the top with a very good goal for the English side. A first-half goal from skipper and Everton defender Morgan Feeney helped the young lions go recess on a 1-0 lead. 18-year-old Nketiah scored on his debut game for England in the 56th minute of the game to seal their victory. ...
Former Black Stars striker Matthew Amoah has impelled the Ghana Football Association (GFA) not to bow to the public pressure to appoint a local coach but rather consider a competent coach for the vacant Black Stars coaching job. A six-member committee has been mandated by the Ghana FA to headhunt a suitable replacement for Avram Grant, who departed the role after the expiration of his contract last month. And many pundits are calling on the Ghana FA to appoint a local trainer for the job, but
Dormaa Ahenkro (B/A), Mar. 22, GNA Mr Enoch Asumadu, Supporters Coordinator of Aduana Stars Football Club, has called on Mr. Obeng Sekyere, Ashanti Regional Circles Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, to substantiate allegations of bribery, made against Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu I I, the Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Area. The Circles Chairman alleged that Osagyefo Agyemang Badu used his royal status to influence Referee Samuel Suka, to determine the outcome of a match between Kotoko
After reading Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan's comment on Akwasi Appiah as a developed coach, I thought for a while and immediately felt, perhaps, Gyan wanted to say the coach has gained experience in his field but not as developed as he posited. Experience can be both failure and achievement but development is a positive component of an entity. You can fail to gain experience but you can say you have developed when you have failed in a field. Let me first of all not that I don't
This makes the widely believed assertion that Referee Joseph Odartai Lamptey is the first Ghanaian referee to suffer that unfortunate fate untrue. On Monday, 20 March 2017, Lamptey's severe ban went viral. The referee had been handed the punishment for "manipulating" a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal in November last year. Match officials are one of the principal actors in football and their actions and inactions can easily change the outcome of a game. Referees
Juventus have started talks with Ghana ace Kwadwo Asamoah over a possible contract extension, GHANASoccernet.com understands. Asamoah's current deal runs out next year June and the Bianconeri want to extend his stay at the club. The Ghana international has battled injuries the last two seasons but has done enough this term to convince all and sundry that he is getting back to his former best. His performance over the weekend earned him a place in the Serie A Team of the Week as compiled
Head coach of French division two side Le Havre says fans of the club will only see the best of Ghanaian Ebenezer from next season after a below-par start to life in French football. The Ghanaian signed for the struggling French side from Swiss giants FC Sion but has only played three times since January. But head coach Oswald Tanchot says fans should be patient with the Ghanaian forward because he will need time to find his rhythm. "I'm not disappointed with him because I see in
Giants Asante Kotoko have held advanced talks with Swedish coach Tom Strand over a possible takeover, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. Top officials of the Ghanaian giants have held secret talks with the former Medeama gaffer, insiders have told Ghanas leading football website. Sources say the top hierarchy of the club are unconvinced about tactics of Croatian Zdravko Lugarusic and are keen to replace him. The Croat joined the Porcupine Warriors at the start of the season on a
Former Egyptian international Ahmed Mido says referees like J.O Lamptey have no place in the game and should be shamed for their continual degradation of the game. The Ghanaian referee was banned from taking part in all football related activities for life after investigations revealed he influenced the 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal. Lamptey is not new to high profile mistakes after he was banned in 2011 for awarding a questionable goal in a CAF Champions League
The continent's heavyweights have lined up friendlies in this month's FIFA international free date. But the Black Stars will be idle following the inability to secure an opponent. Nigeria will play Senegal in London on Thursday and later host Burkina Faso. Senegal will take on the Ivory Coast on the same day, 27 March. Kenya will host Ghana's 2018 World Cup opponents Uganda in Nairobi and Zambia have lined up Tanzania....
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