Author Archives: larryehu

There’s no evidence to prosecute Nyantakyi – AG

The Attorney General’s department has said it does not have enough evidence to prosecute the disgraced former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi. This comes after the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Mr Nyantakyi for life from all football activities at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other). Speaking to Starr News’ ...

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10 Benin Republic players jailed for age fraud

Ten Benin youth team players were jailed on Tuesday for lying about their ages after they were kicked out of qualifying for next year’s Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations finals, AFP reports. A court in the country’s commercial capital, Cotonou, handed down one-month sentences to the players, who were detained in September following their expulsion. Charges were dropped against other ...

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Five suspects detained in Belgium football fraud probe

Five suspects in a massive fraud and match-fixing scandal that has engulfed Belgium’s top football division were ordered to be kept in detention by a court in Antwerp on Tuesday. More than 20 individuals, suspected of involvement in a criminal organisation or money laundering, have been charged in a huge corruption scandal that first broke on October 10. Mogi Bayat, ...

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Fuel prices to fall between 2-4% in November – IES

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is projecting a two-to-four per cent reduction of fuel prices on the local market in November 2018. This is as a result of the 5.94 per cent fall in Brent crude average prices, fall in finished prices on the international market, and the Cedi recording respectable gains against the dollar within the window said ...

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SC dismisses suit against EC, AG over limited registration exercise

A seven member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adenyira, has dismissed a contempt application instituted against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and the Attorney General (AG), Gloria Akuffo, for going ahead with the limited voter registration exercise which took place from the 16th to the 25th of September 2018, in the areas recommended ...

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2020 Olympic marathon will be ‘deadly’-Japanese doctors

A group of Japanese doctors on Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to start the Tokyo 2020 marathon as early as 5:30am, saying failure to do so could “lead to deaths” from heatstroke. The warning is the latest in a chorus of concern about how extreme heat could affect several sporting events at the Olympic games, particularly after Tokyo sweltered through a ...

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Nyantakyi heads to CAS to appeal FIFA ban

Former Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi has confirmed that he will appeal against his lifetime ban handed to him by FIFA. FIFA, handed a life ban to Mr. Nyantakyi on Tuesday, after the adjudicating chamber of FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee found him guilty of multiple ethical violations. The Wa All Stars bankroller was found guilty of violating FIFA Code ...

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KNUST riots: Ghc1.7m needed to fix damages

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that an amount of 1.6 to 1.7 million Ghana cedis is needed to fix damages caused by students. The university students went on rampage October 15, destroying school property in a violent protest. The students who boycotted classes and poured on the streets of the campus ...

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